Younger Futhark · Hagall's Ætt
Sól
“Sun” · sound S · SOLE
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What Sól means
Light, hope, guidance — Sól the sun goddess rides across the sky pursued by the wolf Sköll, never stopping, never surrendering
In the older 24-rune Elder Futhark, Sól corresponds to Sowilo.
Sól in the rune poems
The Norwegian and Icelandic rune poems are the medieval testimony to the sixteen Younger Futhark runes — the oldest verse describing each stave by name.
Sól er landa ljóme; / lúti ek helgum dóme.
“Sun is the light of the lands; I bow to the holy doom.”
Sól er skýja skjöldr / ok skínandi röðull / ok ísa aldrtregi.
“Sun is the shield of clouds / and a shining wheel / and the lifelong grief of ice.”