05 Apr 2009
The Dover Rune Poem

The Aett of Freyr
Fehu
Cattle grazing
Primal Fire
Force of life
Awaken desire.
 Uruz
Lord of the Wood
By night and day
Mighty is the hunter
Who names this prey.
Thurisaz
The tiny thorn,
Always protecting
Woe to the one
Who tries collecting
 Ansuz
Breath of the gods
Bright flow of thought
Tribal wisdom
Dearly bought.
Raidho
Wandering wain
Bearing desire.
Experience
We will acquire.
 Kenaz
Strike the torch
Flame leaping forth
Lead the way
Into the North
Gebo
Gift looks for gain
As it rolls round
Coming to rest
Where ever it's found.
 Wunjo
Here Joy and Peace
Are bound at rest.
Bounty received
Thoroughly blessed
The Aett of Thor
Hagalaz
Flatten the fields,
futile to fight.
Ice from above
An awesome sight
 Neid
Helper, marker, broken cross
Sign of pity and need.
Sign of patience and delay.
sign of skill and deed.
Isa
Silent freezer faring forth,
mark well your far extent,
for soon you'll be retreating
without a trace of where you went.
 Jera
12 times the Earth must circle
in Sunna's holy stead
Four seasons on the calendar
New life springs from the dead.
Eihwaz
Double hook of life and death
n'er allow the soul to rest
in deep self pity or in doubt
take the chance as sun comes out.
 Perthro
Dice cup, cauldron, deep desire,
Well of Wyrd, Muspell fire.
Fate and chance flung to the cloth
risking all and take the loss.
Eolh
Protection promised,
the elk grass grows
where even giants
fear to tread.

 Sowelo
Bolt of victory, goals achieved,
Sign andd symbol of troth.
Well we do to make this mark
on any weapons that we need.
The Aett of Tyr
Tiwaz
Dog of doom now holds your hand
bound in fetters on the strand.
Loosed one day to shake the world
then let fury be unfurled. 		Berkano
Birch Bark Goddess
of the night.
Life and death
as Nature's right.


Ehwaz
Horse and man, the two are twain
Take to the world and home again.
Beast of burden and of pride
So much more than just a ride.
 Mannaz
Only humans have the sight
to know the gods and know the right
To see the truth where'er it lay
to speak the spell and praise the day.

Laguz
Lake of fire and lake of ice,
so was it wrought anew.
Woman's sign and woman's rune
soft as morning dew.
 Ingwaz
Mark the signs as Ingvi flies
from the East across the skies.
New world sought and new world found
Spread before us all around.

Dagaz
Sun wheel turns in frozen sky
day once more is passing by.
Giving way at last to night
always moving, always right. 		Othel
Mark you well the boundries
of property and runes.
Odin's Eye and final sight
round which all life is strewn.


Based on the Tell City Rune Poem, also by yours truly. Not everything got changed, but it was time for an update. Consider it, however, a work in progress. I'll probably move it over to the main web homepage where it belongs eventually, but for now, MacRaven will have to do.

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