Thurisaz

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Thurisaz
Thurisaz

The rune expressing the ᚦ is called Thurs (Þurs "giant", see Jotun) in the Icelandic and Norwegian rune poems:

Old Norwegian English translation
Þurs vældr kvinna kvillu,
kátr værðr fár af illu.		 Giant causes anguish to women,
misfortune makes few men cheerful.
Old Icelandic
Þurs er kvenna kvöl
ok kletta búi
ok varðrúnar verr.
Saturnus þengill.		 Thurs is torture of women
and cliff-dweller
and husband of a giantess
Saturn's thegn.

By extension, it was also associated with the giant-killer Thor and his hammer Mjollnir. [1]

In Anglo-Saxon England, the same rune was called Thorn or "Þorn" and it survives as the letter Þ. The corresponding Gothic letter, ᚦ, is called þiuþ. This lack of agreement makes it difficult to reconstruct the Elder Futhark rune's Proto-Germanic name. If thurs continues the original name, it'll be Þurisaz.


Runes see also: Rune poems · Runestones · Runology · Runic divination · Runes in popular culture
Elder Fuþark: ᚠ ᚢ ᚦ ᚨ ᚱ ᚲ ᚷ ᚹ ᚺ ᚾ ᛁ ᛃ ᛇ ᛈ ᛉ ᛊ ᛏ ᛒ ᛖ ᛗ ᛚ ᛜ ᛞ ᛟ          
Anglo-Saxon Fuþorc: ᚠ ᚢ ᚦ ᚩ o ᚱ ᚳ c ᚷ ȝ ᚹ ᚻ ᚾ ᛁ ᛄ ᛇ eo ᛈ ᛉ x ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ ᛖ ᛗ ᛚ ᛝ ᛞ ᛟ œ   ᚪ a ᚫ æ ᚣ y ᛠ ea
Younger Fuþark: ᚠ ᚢ ᚦ ᚬ ą ᚱ ᚴ     ᚼ ᚾ ᛁ ᛅ a       ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ   ᛘ ᛚ       ᛦ ʀ        
transliteration: f u þ a r k g w · h n i j ï p z s · t b e m l ŋ d o
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