Pronunciation: FAY-hoo
Alternative names: Fé, Feoh
Translation: Cattle
Sound: “f” as in “fee”
Associated Concepts and Interpretations
Abundance/plenty
Bounty/prosperity
Cattle
Creation/creativity
Earth
Fire (as a kenning for “Freyja’s gold”)
Freyja/Freyr (Vanir “lady” and “lord”)
Luck/hamingja (also: personification or presence of a guardian spirit)
Money/gold
Nerthus (Goddess)
Passion
Productivity
Reward/gain
Sexual energy
Sharing prosperity and wealth
Warnings against excess, greed, materialism, hoarding
Wealth (mobile; e.g. investments, cash)
Associated Rune Poems
(as translated by Bruce Dickins, 1915; public domain)
A number of interpretations are derived from the various runic poems and those associated with this rune (where available) are included below for further consideration.
Norwegian:
Fé vældr frænda róge; føðesk ulfr í skóge
Wealth is a source of discord among kinsmen; the wolf lives in the forest.
Icelandic:
Fé er frænda róg ok flæðar viti ok grafseiðs gata aurum fylkir.
Wealth -- Source of discord among kinsmen and fire of the sea and path of the serpent
Anglo-Saxon:
Feoh byþ frofur fira gehwylcum; sceal ðeah manna gehwylc miclun hyt dælan gif he wile for drihtne domes hleotan
Wealth is a comfort to all men; yet must every man bestow it freely, if he wish to gain honour in the sight of the Lord
A list of references is available.
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last updated: 16 dec 2021
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