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Plate INorthern Europe · England and ScandinaviaFehu rune, drawn by Wishlore
Pl. IFehu rune. The fehu rune, cut as a single sign. Drawing: Wishlore.
No. 36  ·  For prosperity & business  ·  Northern Europe

The fehu rune

The rune for wealth, feoh in Old English. The medieval rune poems treat it with care: a comfort, but one to share, and a cause of quarrels between kin.

Earliest record
Old English Rune Poem
Source
Wikipedia, Fehu
Region
Northern Europe · England and Scandinavia
Wish
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Layers
Record Folk Modern
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Record
Medieval England

The Old English Rune Poem

The Old English Rune Poem says that feoh, wealth, is a comfort, but it must be shared with others.

To verify: Quote the poem’s lines from an edition Wikipedia cites

II
Folk
Medieval Scandinavia

Strife among kin

The Norse rune poems read the same rune more darkly: wealth causes strife among kin.

To verify: Name the Norse poems and quote their lines

III
Modern
Shops, today

Sold as a money rune

Shops sell fehu as a rune for money. The medieval poems are less simple. Some Norse signs have also been taken up by extremist groups, so we check every rune design before we make it.

To verify: A source for extremist use of runes, such as the ADL hate symbol database

Fehu rune
Old English Rune Poem
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Wealth is a comfort, the poem says, if it is shared. Who would you keep it for?
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