Unicode:
ᚺ
Pronunciation (Proto-Germanic):
HA-ga-lahz
Phonetic Sound:
“H” as in “hail”
IPA [h]
Translation:
hail
Alternative Names
Old Norse, Younger Futhark
hagall (ᚼ or ᚽ)
Old English, Futhorc
hægl (ᚺ or ᚻ)
Associated Concepts and Interpretations
Becoming, new creation, renewal
Chaos, collision of fire and ice
Dismantling the old, transformation, change
Disruption, interference
Focus, control of energy
Inner harmony
Not clinging to outcomes, e.g., “This, too, shall pass”
Potential, primal crystal, seed, grain
Urðr (Norn, “that which is” or “the past”)
Uncontrollable elements and events
Associated Rune POEMS
As translated by Bruce Dickins, 1915; public domain.
Norwegian
Hagall er kaldastr korna;
Kristr skóp hæimenn forna
Hail is the coldest of grain;
Christ created the world of old
Icelandic
Hagall er kaldakorn
ok krapadrífa
ok snáka sótt.
Hail is the cold grain
and shower of sleet
and sickness of serpents
Anglo-Saxon
Hægl byþ hwitust corna;
hwyrft hit of heofones lyfte,
wealcaþ hit windes scura;
weorþeþ hit to wætere 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
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