
Unicode:
ᛚ
Pronunciation (Proto-Germanic):
LAH-gooz
Phonetic Sound:
“l” as in “leaf”
IPA [l]
Translation:
lake, possibly leek
Alternative Names
Old Norse, Younger Futhark
lögr (ᛚ)
Old English, Futhorc
lagu (ᛚ)
Associated Concepts and Interpretations
Adaptability, flow
Emotional energy, intuition, psychic, metaphysical insight
Feminine, woman, vitality
Growth, primal potential, the unconscious
Journey by water
Lake, water, sea, ocean, waterfall
Realm of the spiritual and imagination
Transition between life and death
Associated Rune POEMS
As translated by Bruce Dickins, 1915; public domain.
Norwegian
Lǫgr er, fællr ór fjalle foss;
en gull ero nosser
A waterfall is a River which falls from a mountain-side;
but ornaments are of gold
Icelandic
Lögr er vellanda vatn
ok viðr ketill
ok glömmungr grund
Eddying stream
and broad geyser
and land of the fish
Anglo-Saxon
Lagu byþ leodum langsum geþuht,
gif hi sculun neþan on nacan tealtum
and hi sæyþa swyþe bregaþ
and se brimhengest bridles ne gym[eð]
The ocean seems interminable to men,
if they venture on the rolling bark
and the waves of the sea terrify them
and the courser of the deep heed not its bridle
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