Part 2 Haegl - Hail
Hail is the whitest of grain;
it is whirled from the vault of heaven
and is tossed about by gusts of wind
and then it melts into water.
Hail is frozen rain and represents the runes destructive side. The Old English hægl or hagol means hail or hailstorm and is where the name for the rune comes from. G was pronounced as a Y in Anglo-Saxon so this rune is called 'Hail'. This rune can take different forms. As a six armed rune it symbolises the frozen ice in the form of snow. In the Anglo-Saxon variant it can be seen as two interlocking laguz (water) runes – water made solid.
Hail is the whitest of grain;
it is whirled from the vault of heaven
and is tossed about by gusts of wind
and then it melts into water.
Hail is frozen rain and represents the runes destructive side. The Old English hægl or hagol means hail or hailstorm and is where the name for the rune comes from. G was pronounced as a Y in Anglo-Saxon so this rune is called 'Hail'. This rune can take different forms. As a six armed rune it symbolises the frozen ice in the form of snow. In the Anglo-Saxon variant it can be seen as two interlocking laguz (water) runes – water made solid.