Elder Futhark · Hagal's Aett
Perthro
Rune 14 - ᛈ
Upright
Something hidden or left to chance is about to reveal itself.
Perthro. Something hidden or left to chance is about to reveal itself. The dice cup, or the lot-box. What is still concealed and still being decided -- chance, hidden things, and the mystery that has not yet been shaken out. Rune 14 of the twenty-four. It is sixth of Hagal's Aett, the middle eight - the aett of disruption and testing, where what is false is broken so something truer can stand. Upright, the stave stands in its clear aspect and can be worked with directly. Its keyword range runs through fate, hidden potential, a mystery revealed, and chance and destiny.
Merkstave
A secret is being guarded at real cost, or luck has turned unfavorable.
Perthro merkstave. A secret is being guarded at real cost, or luck has turned unfavorable. The dice cup, or the lot-box. Rune 14 of the twenty-four. It is sixth of Hagal's Aett, the middle eight - the aett of disruption and testing, where what is false is broken so something truer can stand. Fallen merkstave, its force is being kept back rather than lost - held in, hoarded, or refused. The stave is intact; the flow is not. In merkstave, read these as strain, blockage, or the caution the rune is raising: bad luck, a secret kept too long, stagnant potential, and an unwelcome revelation.
About the Elder Futhark
The oldest runic alphabet, used across Germanic Europe from roughly 150 to 800 CE.
No rune names or meanings are directly recorded for the Elder Futhark. The meanings used here are reconstructed from three later medieval sources - the Old English, Norwegian and Icelandic Rune Poems - which give a verse for each rune. 'Merkstave' (a reversed or ill-dignified rune) is a modern reading convention; runes with no natural upside-down form are read only for merkstave when the surrounding runes are adverse.
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