Uruz
Transliteration: U
Original Meaning: Water or Aurochs (now extinct species of wild ox)
Keywords: Strength, Determination, Untamed force of nature
Rune Poem
| Old Icelandic | English |
|---|---|
| Úr er skýja grátr ok skára þverrir ok hirðis hatr. |
Shower is the lamentation of the clouds and ruin of the hay-harvest and abomination of the shepherd. |
| Anglo-Saxon | English |
|---|---|
| Ur byþ anmod ond oferhyrned, felafrecne deor, feohteþ mid hornum mære morstapa; þæt is modig ƿuht. |
The aurochs is proud and has great horns; it is a very savage beast and fights with its horns; a great ranger of the moors, it is a creature of mettle. |