 (Money) is the (cause of) strife among kinsmen,
and the fire of the flood-tide
and the path of the serpent.
gold "leader of the war-band"
 (Drizzle) is the weeping of clouds,
and the diminisher of the rim of ice,
and (an object for) the herdsman's hate.
shadow (shower?) "leader"
 (Thurs) is the torment of women,
and the dweller in the rocks,
and the husband of Vardh-rúna (a giantess?).
Saturn "ruler of the thing"
 (Ase = Ódhinn) is the olden-father,
and Ásgardhr's chieftain,
and the leader of Valhöll.
Jupiter "point-leader"
 (Riding) is a blessed sitting,
and a swift journey,
and the toil of the horse.
journey "worthy man"
 (Sore) is the bale of children,
and a scourge,
and the house of rotten flesh.
whip "king = descendant of good kin"
 (Hail) is a cold grain,
and a shower of sleet,
and the sickness (destroyer) of snakes.
hail "battle leader"
 (Need) is the grief of the bondmaid,
and a hard condition to be in,
and toilsome work.
trouble "niflungr = descendant of the dead?"
 (Ice) is the rind of the river,
and the roof of the waves,
and a danger for fey men.
ice "one who wears the boar-helm"
 (Good harvest) is the profit of all men,
and a good summer,
and a ripened field.
year "all-ruler"
 (Sun) is the shield of the clouds,
and a shining glory,
and the life-long sorrow (=destroyer) of ice.
wheel "descendant of the victorious one"
 (Tyr) is the one-handed god,
and the leavings of the wolf,
and the ruler of the temple.
Mars "director"
 (Birch twig) is a leafy limb,
and a little tree,
and a youthful wood.
silver fir "protector"
 (Man) is the joy of man,
and the increase of dust,
and the adornment of ships.
human "generous one"
 (Wetness) is churning water,
and a wide kettle,
and the land of fish.
lake "praise-worthy one"
 (Yew) is a strung bow,
and brittle iron,
and Farbauti (= a giant) of the arrow.
bow, rainbow "descendant of Yngvi"
From Runelore by Edred Thorson,
Samuel Weiser, Inc., New York, 1987
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