Naudiz

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
Nauðr gerer næppa koste;
nøktan kælr í froste.

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

Old Icelandic
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
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.



 

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