Mannaz
Transliteration: M
Original Meaning: Man
Keywords: Humanity, community, self, friends, colleages, neighbours
Rune Poem
| Old Icelandic | English |
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| Maðr er manns gaman ok moldar auki ok skipa skreytir. |
Man is delight of mankind and augmentation of the earth and adorner of ships. |
| Anglo-Saxon | English |
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| Man byþ on myrgþe his magan leof: sceal þeah anra gehƿylc oðrum sƿican, forðum drihten ƿyle dome sine þæt earme flæsc eorþan betæcan. |
The joyous man is dear to his kinsmen; yet every man is doomed to fail his fellow, since the Lord by his decree will commit the vile carrion to the earth. |