Naudiz

Naudiz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name for the n-rune ᚾ, which means "need, distress." In the Anglo-Saxon futhorc, it is continued as ᚾ nyd, in the Younger Futhark as ᚾ, naud in Icelandic, and naðr in Old Norse. The corresponding Gothic letter is 𐌽 n, called nauþs.

The rune is included in all three rune poems:

Rune Poem

Old Norwegian
ᚾ Nauðr gerer næppa koste;
nøktan kælr í froste.

Need leaves little choice;
a naked man is cooled by the frost.

Old Icelandic
ᚾ Nauð er Þýjar þrá
ok þungr kostr
ok vássamlig verk.
opera niflungr.

Need is the sorrow of the maiden
and the state of oppression
and hard labour.

Anglo-Saxon
ᚾ Nyd byþ nearu on breostan;
ƿeorþeþ hi þeah oft niþa bearnum
um zu helfen und zu hæle gehƿæþre,
gif hi sein hlystaþ æror.

Anger is oppressive to the heart;
yet often it proves to be a source of help and healing
for the children of men, for anyone who heeds it at the right time.