Norwegian rune poem, read in Old Norse
Channel: Ancient Literature Dude
Date: 2019-01-08

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ᚠ Fé veldr frænda rógi;
fœðisk úlfr í skógi. 
ᚢ Úr es af illu jarni;
opt hleypr hreinn á hjarni. 
ᚦ Þurs veldr kvenna kvillu;
kátr verðr fár af illu. 
ᚬ Óss es flestra ferða fǫr; 
en skalpr es sverða. 
ᚱ Reið kveða hrossum versta;
Reginn sló sverðit bezta. 
ᚴ Kaun es barna bǫlvan;
bǫl gørvir mann fǫlvan. 
ᚼ Hagall es kaldastr korna;
Kristr skóp heiminn forna. 
ᚾ Nauðr gørir hneppa kosti;
nøktan kelr í frosti. 
ᛁ Ís kǫllum brú breiða;
blindan þarf at leiða. 
ᛅ Ár es gumna góði;
get ek at ǫrr var Fróði. 
ᛋ Sól es landa ljómi;
lútik helgum dómi. 
ᛏ Týr es einhendr ása;
opt verðr smiðr blása. 
ᛒ Bjarkan es laufgrønstr líma;
Loki bar flærðar tíma. 
ᛘ Maðr es moldar auki;
mikil er greip á hauki. 
ᛚ Lǫgr’s, es fellr ór fjalli
foss; en gull eru hnossir. 
ᛦ Ýr es vetrgrønstr viða;
vant’s, es brennr, at svíða.

Wealth creates discord among kinsmen; the wolf is reared in the forest.
Dross is of poor iron; often gallops the reindeer on hard snow.
The giant governs women's sickness; glad seldom one becomes from ill.
The river-mouth is the way of many voyages, and a scabbard is for swords.
A chariot they say is the worst for horses; Regin slaked of swords the best.
A boil is the affliction of children; bale makes man pale.
Hail is the coldest of grains; Christ shaped the world of old.
Distress makes scant choice; the naked man freezes in the cold.
Ice we call a bridge broad; a blind man needs be led.
The harvest season is of men to the good; I gather that Frodhi was generous.
The sun is the light of the lands; I bow to the judgment of the holy.
Tyr is a one-handed Aesir; often must a smith blow.
Birch is most leaf-green of boughs; Loki bore deceit many a time.
Man is the increase of the earth; great is the grip on a hawk.
The sea, which falls from a fell, is a fall; and costly things are of gold.
Yew is the most winter-green of woods; it is wont, when it takes fire, to crackle.