Berkanan
Transliteration: B
Original Meaning: Birch
Keywords: Fertility, New growth, Child, Youth
Rune Poem
| Old Icelandic | English |
|---|---|
| Bjarkan er laufgat lim ok lítit tré ok ungsamligr viðr. abies buðlungr. |
Birch is a leafy twig and little tree and fresh young shrub. |
| Anglo-Saxon | English |
|---|---|
| Beorc byþ bleda leas, bereþ efne sƿa ðeah tanas butan tudder, biþ on telgum ƿlitig, heah on helme hrysted fægere, geloden leafum, lyfte getenge. |
The poplar bears no fruit; yet without seed it brings forth suckers, for it is generated from its leaves. Splendid are its branches and gloriously adorned its lofty crown which reaches to the skies. |