Rune 13 of 24 · Hagal's aett
Eihwaz
“yew” · sound: a vowel between e and i (uncertain)
Looks the same either way up: never reversed.
Historical evidence
Old English eoh, the yew tree: rough-barked, firm in the earth, a guardian of fire. The yew lives very long and stays green in winter.
The name Eihwaz is a modern reconstruction of the Proto-Germanic name; the Elder Futhark’s own names are not recorded.
In the rune poems (original texts)
Eoh byþ utan unsmeþe treow,
heard hrusan fæst, hyrde fyres,
wyrtrumun underwreþyd, wyn on eþle.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: endurance, steadfastness, passage
Upright
Endurance and steadiness through change. Deep roots let you stand through hard seasons.