Isaz

Name	Proto-Germanic	Old English	Old Norse
	*Isaz	Īs	Isa
	"ice"
Shape	Elder Futhark	Futhorc	Younger Futhark
Unicode	ᛁ U+16C1
Transliteration	i
Transcription	i
IPA	[i(ː)]
Position in rune-row	11		9

*Isaz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the i-rune ᛁ, meaning "ice". In the Younger Futhark, it is called Iss in Icelandic and isa in Old Norse. As 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:

Rune Poem:[1]	English Translation:
Anglo-Saxon ᛁ Is byþ oferceald, ungemetum slidor, glisnaþ glæshluttur gimmum gelicust, flor forste geworuht, fæger ansyne.	Ice is very cold and immeasurably slippery; it glistens as clear as glass and most like to gems; it is a floor wrought by the frost, fair to look upon.
Old Icelandic ᛁ Íss er árbörkr ok unnar þak ok feigra manna fár. glacies jöfurr.	Ice is bark of rivers and roof of the wave and destruction of the doomed.
Old Norwegian ᛁ Ís kǫllum brú bræiða; blindan þarf at læiða.	Ice is called the broad bridge; the blind man must be led.

See also

• Elder Futhark
• Rune poem

References

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