ᛁ íss

Íss means ice.

 

 

Stanza from the Icelandic Rune Poem:

 

Ice is the bark of rivers
and roof of the wave
and destruction of the doomed.

 

 

Stanza from the Norwegian Rune Poem:

 

Ice we call the broad bridge;
the blind man must be led.

 

 

LO: Long-branch
SH: Short-twig
ST: Staveless
VA: Variant
TW: Twig-runes
NO: Old Norse transliteration
EN: Modern English transliteration