Havamal |
Run |
meaning of Run |
1. help vs. sorrow |
2. ur (Norw.) |
slag [slung at Geirro,d] |
2. cure vs. disease |
3. torn (Engl.) |
thorn [for acupuncture ?] |
3. dulling vs. swords |
5. Reginn (Norw.) |
forger of sword |
4. breaking vs. shackles |
6. kaun (Icel.) |
ulcer (caused by shackles ?) |
5. eye sv. arrow |
9. haegl (Engl.) |
hailstone (sphaere, like eye) |
6. retroaction vs. |
10. naud (Icel.) |
need [the needy, i.e. those |
having taken vow of poverty, |
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are able to exorcize effects of |
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rootwork |
rootwork] |
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7. rescuing vs. hall-afire |
11. iss (Icel.) |
ice (the opposite of fire) |
8. reconciliation vs. hate |
14. peord (Engl.) |
game-piece |
9. ship vs. sea-storm |
16. segel (Engl.) |
sail of ship |
10. flying witches, flying |
17. Tyr (Icel.) |
[cognate with Skt. dyau |
in the sky |
"sky"] |
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18. beorc (Engl.) |
birch [birch is fed on by the |
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11. shield |
"motherly shield bug"] |
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12. resuscitation vs. |
19. eh (Engl.) |
horse [Odinn's horse = |
hanging on gallows |
gallows] |
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20. madr (Icel.) |
[cognate with Skt. mutra |
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13. holy water |
"urine"] |
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14. names vs. people |
22. Ynglingr (Icel.) |
[a name for the "people"] |
15. clarity vs. gates of day |
24. daeg (Engl.) |
day |
16. sexual seduction-magic |
28. ior (Engl.) |
beaver [seduction-magic ?] |
29. ear (Engl.) |
corpse begins to cool |
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17. joining in matrimony |
[til death do us part] |
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1. feoh (Engl.) |
fee [only to fee-paid |
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18. only to paramour is |
prostitute would S^ims^o^n |
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secret imparted |
impart honey-lore] |
Bill Griffiths: Aspects of Anglo-Saxon Magic. Anglo-Saxon Books, 1996. articles 21 to 23