Unicode:
ᛁ
Pronunciation (Proto-Germanic):
EE-sawz
Phonetic Sound:
“ee” as in “sleet”
IPA [i(ː)]
Translation:
ice
Alternative Names
Old Norse, Younger Futhark
íss (ᛁ)
Old English, Futhorc
īs (ᛁ)
Associated Concepts and Interpretations
Argument, unyielding
Beauty, perhaps seductive
Calmness, clarity, present moment, inner stillness
Cold (temperature and relationships)
Contraction, detachment, stagnation, stasis
Delay, obstacle, deadlock, standstill, preservation
Ice, rime
Renewal, unity
Self-consciousness, ego awareness
Verðandi (Norn, “what is”, present)
Associated Rune POEMS
As translated by Bruce Dickins, 1915; public domain.
Norwegian
Ís kǫllum brú bræiða;
blindan þarf at læiða
Ice we call the broad bridge;
the blind man must be led
Icelandic
Íss er árbörkr
ok unnar þak
ok feigra manna fár.
Bark of rivers
and roof of the wave
and destruction of the doomed
Anglo-Saxon
Is byþ ofereald, ungemetum slidor,
glisnaþ glæshluttur gimmum gelicust,
flor forste geworuht, fæger ansyne
Ice is very cold and immeasurably slippery;
it glistens as clear as glass and most like to gems;
it is a floor wrought by the frost, fair to look upon
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