Rune 23 of 24 · Tyr's aett
Dagaz
“day” · sound: d
Looks the same either way up: never reversed.
Historical evidence
Old English dæg, day, described in the poem as sent by the Lord, a hope and joy to rich and poor alike. It has no Norse counterpart.
The name Dagaz is a modern reconstruction of the Proto-Germanic name; the Elder Futhark’s own names are not recorded.
In the rune poems (original texts)
Dæg byþ drihtnes sond, deore mannum,
mære metodes leoht, myrgþ and tohiht
eadgum and earmum, eallum brice.Original texts as printed in Bruce Dickins, Runic and Heroic Poems of the Old Teutonic Peoples, Cambridge University Press, 1915. Public domain. The summary above is Scryway’s own; no translation is reproduced.
Modern interpretation
From 20th-century and later divinatory practice, written for Scryway. Not a historical meaning.
Keywords: breakthrough, daylight, awakening
Upright
Daylight after darkness: clarity, a breakthrough, a turning point toward hope.