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7The 3rd aett
for Divinity
| 24 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
Frey's Aett The 3rd aett for Divinity |
| Fehu | Uruz | Thurisaz | Ansuz | Raidho | Kenaz | Gebo | Wunjo |
 8 |
 9 |
 10 |
 11 |
 12 |
 13 |
 14 |
 15 |
Hagall's Aett The 2nd aett for Evil |
| Hagalaz | Nauthiz | Isa | Jera | Eihwaz | Perthro | Algiz | Sowilo |
 16 |
 17 |
 18 |
 19 |
 20 |
 21 |
 22 |
 23 |
Tyr's Aett The 1st aett for Divine Creation |
| Tiwaz | Berkano | Ehwaz | Mannaz | Laguz | Ingwaz | Othala | Dagaz |
The easy way to find the right numerological value for each rune is to move the first rune of the upper row, Fehu, to the final position in the lower row. Then you start to count at what is usually the second rune in the upper row, Uruz, as 1, Thurisaz as 2, Ansuz as 3, Raidho as 4. Continue consecutively to the end of the Futhark, where you now find the moved rune, Fehu, as the 24th. According to Agrell these are the numerological values for each rune.
The middle row which starts with the rune Hagalaz is called Hagall's Aett. It's the 2nd aett and stands for "Evil".
The lower row which starts with the rune Tiwaz is called Tyr's Aett. It's considered to be the 1st aett and stands for "Divine Creation".
It is time to sing from the seat of the wise of what at Urd's Well; I saw in silence, I saw and thought on, long I listened to men, about nunes I heard spoken and advise was given; at Har's hall, in Har's hall There I heard this: Listen to my counsel, Loddfafnir and learn my advise, You will fare well if you follow it, It will help you much if you heed it: Never rise at night unless you need to spy Or to ease yourself in the outhouse. The first charm I know is unknown to rulers Or any of human kind; Help it is named, for help it can give In hours of sorrow and anguish Listen to my counsel, Loddfafnir and learn my advise, You will fare well if you follow it, It will help you much if you heed it: Shun a woman, wise in magic, Her bed and her embraces: I know a second that the sons of men Must learn who wish to be leeches If she cast a spell, you will care no longer To meet and speak with men, Desire no food, desire no pleasure, In sorrow fall asleep. I know a third in the thick of battle, If my need be great enough, It will blunt the edges of enemy swords, Their weapons will make no wounds Listen to my counsel, Loddfafnir and learn my advise, You will fare well if you follow it, It will help you much if you heed it: Never seduce anothers wife, Never make her your mistress. I know a fourth it will free me quickly if foes should bind me fast With strong chains, a chant that makes Fetters spring from the feet, Bonds burst from the hands. Listen to my counsel, Loddfafnir and learn my advise, You will fare well if you follow it, It will help you much if you heed it: If you must journey to mountains and firths, Take food and fodder with you I know a fifth no flying arrow, Aimed to bring harm to men, Flies too fast for my fingers to catch it And hold it in mid-air. Listen to my counsel, Loddfafnir and learn my advise, You will fare well if you follow it, It will help you much if you heed it: Never open your heart to an evil man When fortune does not favour you: From an evil man, if you make him your friend, You will get evil for good. I know a sixth it will save me if a man Cut runes on a sapling's Roots With intent to harm; it turns the spell; The hater is harmed, not me I saw a warrior wounded fatally by the words of an evil woman Her cunning tongue caused his death, Though what she alleged was a lie I know a seventh If I see the hall Ablaze around my bench mates, Though hot the flames, they shall feel nothing, If I choose to chant the spell. Listen to my counsel, Loddfafnir and learn my advise, You will fare well if you follow it, It will help you much if you heed it: If you know a friend you can fully trust, Go often to his house Grass and brambles grow quickly Upon the untrodden track I know an eighth that all are glad of, Most useful to men: If hate fester in the heart of a warrior, It will soon calm and cure him Listen to my counsel, Loddfafnir and learn my advise, You will fare well if you follow it, It will help you much if you heed it: With a good man it is good to talk, Make him your fast friend: But waste no words on a witless oaf, I know a ninth when need I have To shelter my ship on the flood, The wind it calms, the waves it smoothes And puts the sea to sleep, Listen to my counsel, Loddfafnir and learn my advise, You will fare well if you follow it, It will help you much if you heed it: Cherish those near you, never be the first to break with a friend: Care eats him who can no longer Open his heart to another I know a tenth if troublesome ghosts Ride the rafters aloft, I can work it so they wander astray, Unable to find their forms, Unable to find their homes Listen to my counsel, Loddfafnir and learn my advise, You will fare well if you follow it, It will help you much if you heed it: An evil man, if you make him your friend, Will give you evil for good: I know an eleventh when I lead to battle Old comrades in-arms, I have only to chant it behind my shield, And unwounded they go to war, Unwounded they come from war, Unscathed wherever they are A good man, if you make him your friend; Will praise you in every place. I know a twelfth If a tree bear A man hanged in a halter, I can carve and stain strong runes That will cause the corpse to speak, Reply to whatever I ask. Affection is mutual when men can open All their heart to each other: He whose words are always fair Is untrue and not to be trusted I know a thirteenth if I throw a cup Of water over a warrior, He shall not fall in the fiercest battle, Nor sink beneath the sword Listen to my counsel, Loddfafnir and learn my advise, You will fare well if you follow it, It will help you much if you heed it: Bandy no speech with a bad man: Often the better is beaten In a word fight by the worse I know a fourteenth, that few know: If I tell a troop of warriors About the high ones, elves and gods, I can name them one by one. (Few can the nit-wit name.) Listen to my counsel, Loddfafnir and learn my advise, You will fare well if you follow it, It will help you much if you heed it: Be not a cobbler nor a carver of shafts, Except it be for yourself: If a shoe fit ill or a shaft be crooked; The maker gets curses and kicks. I know a fifteenth, that first Thjodrerir Sang before Delling's doors, Giving power to gods, prowess to elves, Fore-sight to Hroptatyr Odhinn, Listen to my counsel, Loddfafnir and learn my advise, You will fare well if you follow it, It will help you much if you heed it: If aware that another is wicked, say so: Make no truce or treaty with foes. I know a sixteenth if I see a girl With whom it would please me to play, I can turn her thoughts, can touch the heart Of any white armed woman. Listen to my counsel, Loddfafnir and learn my advise, You will fare well if you follow it, It will help you much if you heed it: Never share in the shamefully gotten, But allow yourself what is lawful. I know a seventeenth if I sing it, the young Girl will be slow to forsake me. To learn to sing them, Loddfafnir, Will take you a long time, Though helpful they are if you understand them, Useful if you use them, Needful if you need them. Listen to my counsel, Loddfafnir and learn my advise, You will fare well if you follow it, It will help you much if you heed it: Never lift your eyes and look up in battle, Lest the heroes enchant you, who can change warriors Suddenly into hogs, I know an eighteenth that I never tell To maiden or wife of man, A secret I hide from all Except the love who lies in my arms, Or else my own sister. Listen to my counsel, Loddfafnir and learn my advise, You will fare well if you follow it, It will help you much if you heed it: With a good woman, if you wish to enjoy Her words and her good will, Pledge her fairly and be faithful to it: Enjoy the good you are given, Listen to my counsel, Loddfafnir and learn my advise, You will fare well if you follow it, It will help you much if you heed it: Be not over wary, but wary enough, First, of the foaming ale, Second, of a woman wed to another, Third, of the tricks of thieves. Listen to my counsel, Loddfafnir and learn my advise, You will fare well if you follow it, It will help you much if you heed it: Mock not the traveler met On the road, Nor maliciously laugh at the guest: The sitters in the hall seldom know the kin of the new-comer: The best man is marred by faults, The worst is not without worth. Listen to my counsel, Loddfafnir and learn my advise, You will fare well if you follow it, It will help you much if you heed it: Never laugh at the old when they offer counsel, Often their words are wise: From shriveled skin, from scraggy things That hand among the hides And move amid the guts, Clear words often come. Listen to my counsel, Loddfafnir and learn my advise, You will fare well if you follow it, It will help you much if you heed it: Scoff not at guests nor to the gate chase them, But relieve the lonely and wretched, Heavy the beam above the door; Hang a horse-shoe On it against ill-luck, lest it should suddenly Crash and crush your guests. Listen to my counsel, Loddfafnir and learn my advise, You will fare well if you follow it, It will help you much if you heed it: Medicines exist against many evils: Earth against drunkenness, heather against worms Oak against costiveness, corn against sorcery, Spurred rye against rupture, runes against bales The moon against feuds, fire against sickness, Earth makes harmless the floods. Wounded I hung on a wind-swept gallows For nine long nights, Pierced by a spear, pledged to Odhinn, Offered, myself to myself The wisest know not from whence spring The roots of that ancient rood They gave me no bread, They gave me no mead, I looked down; with a loud cry I took up runes; from that tree I fell. Nine lays of power I learned from the famous Bolthor, Bestla' s father: He poured me a draught of precious mead, Mixed with magic Odrerir. Waxed and throve well; Word from word gave words to me, Deed from deed gave deeds to me, Runes you will find, and readable staves, Very strong staves, Very stout staves, Staves that Bolthor stained, Made by mighty powers, Graven by the prophetic god, For the gods by Odhinn, for the elves by Dain, By Dvalin, too, for the dwarves, By Asvid for the hateful giants, And some I carved myself: Know how to cut them? know how to read them? Know how to stain them? know how to prove them? Know how to evoke them? know how to score them? Know how to send them? know how to send them? Better not to ask than to over-pledge As a gift that demands a gift Better not to send than to slay too many, Thund, before man was made, scratched them, Who rose first, fell thereafter The Wise One has spoken words in the hall, Needful for men to know, Unneedful for trolls to know: Hail to the speaker, Hail to the knower, Joy to him who has understood, Delight to those who have listened. Hail Odhinn! |
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Mál er at þylja þular stóli á Urðarbrunni at, sá ek ok þagðak, sá ek ok hugðak, hlydda ek á manna mál; of rúnar heyrða ek dæma, né um ráðum þögðu Háva höllu at, Háva höllu í, heyrða ek segja svá:
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