Naudiz

Runic alphabet letter

Name	Proto-Germanic	Old English	Old Norse
	*Naudiz	Nȳd	Nauðr
	"need, hardship"
Shape	Elder Futhark	Futhorc	Younger Futhark
Shape
Unicode	ᚾ U+16BE		ᚾ U+16BE	ᚿ U+16BF
Transliteration	n
Transcription	n
IPA	[n]
Position in rune-row	10		8

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*Naudiz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the n-rune ᚾ, meaning "need, distress". In the Anglo-Saxon futhorc, it is continued as ᚾ nyd, in the Younger Futhark as ᚾ, Icelandic naud and Old Norse nauðr. The corresponding Gothic letter is 𐌽 n, named nauþs. The valkyrie Sigrdrífa in Sigrdrífumál talks (to Sigurd) about the rune as a beer-rune and that "You should learn beer-runes if you don’t want another man’s wife to abuse your trust if you have a tryst. Carve them on the drinking-horn and on the back of your hand, and carve the rune ᚾ on your fingernail."

The rune is recorded in all three rune poems:

Rune Poem:^[1]	English Translation:
Old Norwegian ᚾ Nauðr gerer næppa koste; nøktan kælr í froste.	Constraint gives scant choice; a naked man is chilled by the frost.
Old Icelandic ᚾ Nauð er Þýjar þrá ok þungr kostr ok vássamlig verk. opera niflungr.	Constraint is grief of the bond-maid and state of oppression and toilsome work.
Anglo-Saxon ᚾ Nẏd bẏþ nearu on breostan; ƿeorþeþ hi þeah oft niþa bearnum to helpe and to hæle gehƿæþre, gif hi his hlẏstaþ æror.	Trouble is oppressive to the heart; yet often it proves a source of help and salvation to the children of men, to everyone who heeds it betimes.

References

^ Original poems and translation from the Rune Poem Page Archived 1999-05-01 at the Wayback Machine.

Runes

Elder Futhark	ᚠ		ᚢ	ᚦ		ᚨ	ᚱ	ᚲ	ᚷ	ᚹ	ᚺ	ᚾ	ᛁ	ᛃ	ᛇ	ᛈ		ᛉ	ᛊ	ᛏ	ᛒ	ᛖ	ᛗ	ᛚ	ᛜ	ᛟ (o)	ᛞ
Old English Futhorc	ᚠ		ᚢ	ᚦ		ᚩ (o)	ᚱ	ᚳ (c)	ᚷ (ȝ)	ᚹ	ᚻ	ᚾ	ᛁ	ᛄ	ᛇ	ᛈ	ᛢ	ᛉ (x)	ᛋ	ᛏ	ᛒ	ᛖ	ᛗ	ᛚ	ᛝ	ᛟ	ᛞ	ᚪ	ᚫ	ᚣ	ᛡ	ᛠ	ᛣ	ᛤ	ᛥ	ᚸ
Younger Futhark	ᚠ		ᚢ	ᚦ		ᚬ (ą)	ᚱ	ᚴ			ᚼ	ᚾ	ᛁ					ᛦ (ʀ)	ᛋ	ᛏ	ᛒ		ᛘ	ᛚ				ᛅ
Medieval	ᚠ	ᚡ	ᚢ	ᚦ	ᚧ	ᚮ	ᚱ	ᚴ	ᚵ		ᚼ	ᚿ ᛀ	ᛁ	ᛂ		ᛕ ᛔ	ᛩ	ᛪ (x)	ᛌ	ᛐ	ᛒ		ᛘ	ᛚ ᛛ	ᚶ	ᚯ	ᛑ	ᛆ	ᛅ	ᚤ ᛦ
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