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 texts)
Eh byþ for eorlum æþelinga wyn,
hors hofum wlanc, ðær him hæleþ ymb[e]
welege on wicgum wrixlaþ spræce
and biþ unstyllum æfre frofur.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: 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.