Naudiz

Name
Nauðr
"need, hardship"
Shape Elder Futhark Futhorc Younger Futhark
Unicode
U+16BE
U+16BF
Transliteration n
Transcription n
IPA [n]
Position in rune-row 10 8

*Naudiz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the n-rune , meaning "need, distress". In the Anglo-Saxon futhorc, it is continued as nyd, in the Younger Futhark as , Icelandic naud and Old Norse nauðr. The corresponding Gothic letter is 𐌽 n, named nauþs.

The rune is recorded in all three rune poems:

Rune Poem:[1] English Translation:

Old Norwegian
Nauðr gerer næppa koste;
nøktan kælr í froste.


Constraint gives scant choice;
a naked man is chilled by the frost.

Old Icelandic
Nauð er Þýjar þrá
ok þungr kostr
ok vássamlig verk.
opera niflungr.


Constraint is grief of the bond-maid
and state of oppression
and toilsome work.

Anglo-Saxon
Nyd byþ nearu on breostan;
weorþeþ hi þeah oft niþa bearnum
to helpe and to hæle gehwæþre,
gif hi his hlystaþ æror.


Trouble is oppressive to the heart;
yet often it proves a source of help and salvation
to the children of men, to everyone who heeds it betimes.

See also

References

  1. Original poems and translation from the Rune Poem Page.
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