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The Elder Futhark => Kenaz => Topic started by: Grymdycche on February 06, 2011, 11:34:32 AM



Title: Kenaz Poems
Post by: Grymdycche on February 06, 2011, 11:34:32 AM

(http://phrets.com/runeforum/images/Kenaz.gif)  Kenaz  C, K  Kane-awz  AKA Cen, Kaun, Kaunaz


Old English

Cen byþ cwicera gehwam,
cuþ on fyre blac ond beorhtlic,
byrneþ oftust
ðær hi æþelingas inne restaþ.



     The torch is known to every living man
     by its pale, bright flame;
     it always burns
     where princes sit within.

Norwegian

Kaun er barna bo,lvan;
bo,l gørver nán fo,lvan



     Ulcer is fatal to children;
     death makes a corpse pale.

Icelandic

Kaun er barna böl

ok bardaga [för]
ok holdfúa hús.
flagella konungr.



     Ulcer

     disease fatal to children
     and painful spot
     and abode of mortification.