Runar

Runes

Runar

Branch-runes, you must knowBranch-runes, learn
If you want to be a healerIf a healer wouldst be
And know how to heal woundsAnd cure for wounds wouldst work
On the bark you shall carveOn the bark shalt thou write
And on trees that leanAnd on trees that be
With branches bent to the eastWith boughs to the eastward bent

Lim-runes you shall knowLimrúnar skaltu kunna
If you want to be a healerAf þú vilt læknir vera
And know how to see woundsOk kunna sár at sjá
On the bark shall you carve themÁ berki skal þær rísta
And on the boughs of treesOk á baðmi viðar
That lean eastwardþEim er lúta austr limar