Younger Futhark · Freyr's Ætt
Úr
“Drizzle / Slag / Aurochs” · sound U · OOR
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What Úr means
Primal force, endurance, the raw material from which form is beaten — the rain that feeds the earth
In the older 24-rune Elder Futhark, Úr corresponds to Uruz.
Úr 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.
Úr er af illu jarne; / opt løypr ræinn á hjarne.
“Slag comes from bad iron; the reindeer often runs over frozen snow.”
Úr er skýja grátr / ok skára þverrir / ok hirðis hatr.
“Drizzle is the weeping of clouds / and the harvest's ruin / and the herdsman's hate.”