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Æsc
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Pronunciation: eye-waze
Literal Meaning: Ash
Other Names: None
Phonetic Value: æ
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| Anglo Saxon |
Æsc biþ oferheah, eldum dyre stiþ on staþule, stede rihte hylt, ðeah him feohtan on firas monige. |
| Æsc is exceedingly tall and precious to men, firm in its foundation, it offers a strong resistance, and fights off many men. |
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Aesc is the rune of resistance.
It represents the ash whose deep roots make it hard to move. Its dense and resilient wood was often used for weapons and shields.
Ác and Æsc were later divisions of the Ansuz phoneme from the Elder Futhark. Ác is one of the characters created to compensate for the phonetic sounds not originally found in early Germanic languages.
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