Runaljod

Fé vældr fræ'nda rógi
Fóðesk ulfr í skógi.

Rúnar munt þú finna
Ok ráðna stafi
Mjök stóra stafi
Mjök stinna stafi
Er fáði fimbulþulr
Ok gerðu ginnregin
Ok reist hroftr rögna.
[hávamál 142]

Úr er af illu jarni
Oft leypr ræinn á hjarni.

Þurs vældr kvenna kvillu
Kátr værðr fár af illu.

Óss er flestra færða
För, en skalpr er sværða.

Nam ek upp rúnar, æpandi nam...
[hávamál 139]

Ræið kvæða rossom væsta
Reginn sló sværðet bæzta.

Kaun er barna bolvan
Bol gorver mann folvan.

Hagal er kaldastr korna
Herjan skóp hæimin forna.

Nauð gerer nappa kosti
Naktan kælr í frosti.

Is köllum brú bræiða
Blindan þarf at læiða.

Ár er gumna góði
Get ek at örr var fróði.

Sól er landa ljómi
Lúti ek að helgum dómi.

Týr er einhendr ása
Oft værðr smiðr at blása.

Bjarkan er laufgrænstr líma
Loki bar flæ'rðar tima.

Maðr er moldur auki
Mikill er græip á hauki
Mikill er græip á hauki.

Nam ek upp rúnar, æpandi nam...

Laukr er, er fællr ór fjalle
Foss en gull ero nosser.

Ýr er vetrgrænstr víða
Vant er, er brennr, at svíða.

[english translation:]

Wealth cause dispute among friends
The wolf lives in the forest.

Runes will you discover
And meaningful staves
Very powerful staves
Very strong staves
That the wise high-storyteller gained
That the higher creative-powers crafted
That the hroptr of gods carved.
[hávamál 142]

Slag comes from bad iron; the reindeer often races over the frozen snow.

Giant causes women's sorrow
Few are cheerful from misfortune.

River mouth is way of most journeys
But the sheath is the one of swords.

I took up the runes, crying aloud i took them...
[hávamál 139]

Riding, one says, is for horses the worst
Regin forged the best sword.

Ulcer is fatal for children
Death makes man pale.

Hail is the coldest of grain
Herjan shaped the world in olden times.

Need leaves you little choice
The naked freeze in the frost.

Ice we call the broad bridge
The blind man must be led.

Good year is a blessing for men
I say that frodi was generous.

Sun is light of the land
I bow before the holy.

Tyr is one-handed among the æsir
Often the smith must blow.

Birch is the limb greenest with leaves
Loki brought success of deceit.

Man is increase of soil
Mighty is the hawk's claw
Mighty is the hawk's claw.

I took up the runes, crying aloud i took them...

Water is what falls from the mountain
But of gold are the jewels.

Yew is the greenest tree in winter
It often singes when it burns.