Hagalaz
Transliteration: H
Original Meaning: Hail
Keywords: destruction, chaos, destructive forces of nature
Rune Poem
| Old Icelandic | English |
|---|---|
| Hagall er kaldakorn ok krapadrífa ok snáka sótt. |
Hail is cold grain and shower of sleet and sickness of serpents. |
| Anglo-Saxon | English |
|---|---|
| Hægl byþ hƿitust corna; hƿyrft hit of heofones lyfte, ƿealcaþ hit ƿindes scura; ƿeorþeþ hit to ƿætere syððan. |
Hail is the whitest of grain; it is whirled from the vault of heaven and is tossed about by gusts of wind and then it melts into water. |