File:Norwegian rune poem, read in Old Norse

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ᚠ Fé veldr frænda rógi; fœðisk úlfr í skógi. ᚢ Úr es af illu jarni; opt hleypr hreinn á hjarni. ᚦ Þurs veldr kvenna kvillu; kátr verðr fár af illu. ᚬ Óss es flestra ferða fǫr; en skalpr es sverða. ᚱ Reið kveða hrossum versta; Reginn sló sverðit bezta. ᚴ Kaun es barna bǫlvan; bǫl gørvir mann fǫlvan. ᚼ Hagall es kaldastr korna; Kristr skóp heiminn forna. ᚾ Nauðr gørir hneppa kosti; nøktan kelr í frosti. ᛁ Ís kǫllum brú breiða; blindan þarf at leiða. ᛅ Ár es gumna góði; get ek at ǫrr var Fróði. ᛋ Sól es landa ljómi; lútik helgum dómi. ᛏ Týr es einhendr ása; opt verðr smiðr blása. ᛒ Bjarkan es laufgrønstr líma; Loki bar flærðar tíma. ᛘ Maðr es moldar auki; mikil er greip á hauki. ᛚ Lǫgr’s, es fellr ór fjalli foss; en gull eru hnossir. ᛦ Ýr es vetrgrønstr viða; vant’s, es brennr, at svíða.

Wealth creates discord among kinsmen; the wolf is reared in the forest. Dross is of poor iron; often gallops the reindeer on hard snow. The giant governs women's sickness; glad seldom one becomes from ill. The river-mouth is the way of many voyages, and a scabbard is for swords. A chariot they say is the worst for horses; Regin slaked of swords the best. A boil is the affliction of children; bale makes man pale. Hail is the coldest of grains; Christ shaped the world of old. Distress makes scant choice; the naked man freezes in the cold. Ice we call a bridge broad; a blind man needs be led. The harvest season is of men to the good; I gather that Frodhi was generous. The sun is the light of the lands; I bow to the judgment of the holy. Tyr is a one-handed Aesir; often must a smith blow. Birch is most leaf-green of boughs; Loki bore deceit many a time. Man is the increase of the earth; great is the grip on a hawk. The sea, which falls from a fell, is a fall; and costly things are of gold. Yew is the most winter-green of woods; it is wont, when it takes fire, to crackle.