Nauðiz
Transliteration: N
Original Meaning: Need
Keywords: Human needs, hardship, stress, challenges, constraint, restraint
Rune Poem
| Old Icelandic | English |
|---|---|
| Nauð er Þýjar þrá ok þungr kostr ok vássamlig verk. opera niflungr. |
Constraint is grief of the bond-maid and state of oppression and toilsome work. |
| Anglo-Saxon | English |
|---|---|
| Nyd byþ nearu on breostan; ƿeorþeþ hi þeah oft niþa bearnum to helpe and to hæle gehƿæþre, gif hi his hlystaþ æror. |
Trouble is oppressive to the heart; yet often it proves a source of help and salvation to the children of men, to everyone who heeds it betimes. |