*Isaz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the i-rune , meaning "ice". In the Younger Futhark, it is called íss in Old Norse. As a rune of the Anglo-Saxon futhorc, it is called is.
The corresponding Gothic letter is 𐌹 i, named eis.
The rune is recorded in all three rune poems:
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Old English
<br /> Is bẏþ oferceald, ungemetum slidor,
<br />glisnaþ glæshluttur gimmum gelicust,
<br />flor forste geƿoruht, fæger ansẏne.
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<br />Ice is very cold and immeasurably slippery;
<br />it glistens as clear as glass and most like to gems;
<br />it is a floor wrought by the frost, fair to look upon.
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Old Icelandic
<br /> Íss er árbörkr
<br />ok unnar þak
<br />ok feigra manna fár.
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<br />Ice is bark of rivers
<br />and roof of the wave
<br />and destruction of the doomed.
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Old Norwegian
<br /> Ís kǫllum brú bræiða;
<br />blindan þarf at læiða.
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<br />Ice is called the broad bridge;
<br />the blind man must be led.
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See also
- Elder Futhark
- Younger Futhark
- Rune poem