Younger Futhark · Freyr's Ætt
Þurs
“Giant / Thurs” · sound Þ (Th) · THOORS
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What Þurs means
Destructive forces, chaos, the untamed powers that test and strengthen — Thor's eternal adversaries
In the older 24-rune Elder Futhark, Þurs corresponds to Thurisaz.
Þurs 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.
Þurs vældr kvinna kvillu; / kátr værðr fár af illu.
“Giant causes women's grief; few are cheerful from misfortune.”
Þurs er kvenna kvöl / ok kletta búi / ok varðrúnar verr.
“Giant is women's torment / and cliff-dweller / and husband of the giantess.”