Rune 19 of 24 · Tyr's aett
Ehwaz
“horse” · sound: e
Can be drawn reversed when reversals are on.
Historical evidence
Old English eh, the horse, described in the poem as a joy to nobles and a comfort to the restless. It has no Norse counterpart.
The name Ehwaz is a modern reconstruction of the Proto-Germanic name; the Elder Futhark’s own names are not recorded.
In the rune poems
Original
Eh byþ for eorlum æþelinga wyn,
hors hofum wlanc, ðær him hæleþ ymb[e]
welege on wicgum wrixlaþ spræce
and biþ unstyllum æfre frofur.English
The horse is a joy to nobles in front of warriors, a steed proud of its hooves, when heroes, wealthy on horseback, trade words about it; and to the restless it is always a comfort.
Original texts as printed in Bruce Dickins, Runic and Heroic Poems of the Old Teutonic Peoples, Cambridge University Press, 1915. Public domain. The English translations are Scryway’s own, made line by line from these texts; square brackets mark uncertain or added words. No published translation is reproduced.
Modern interpretation
From 20th-century and later divinatory practice, written for Scryway. Not a historical meaning.
Keywords: partnership, trust, steady progress
Upright
Trust and cooperation, like horse and rider: progress made together.
Reversed
Mistrust in a partnership, or restlessness that leads nowhere.