The Anglo Saxon Rune Poem was originally a song handed down, it is part of an oral tradition to help people remember the runes. It was not a series of riddles as some have suggested. You can read my

The Anglo Saxon Rune Poem ᚠᚢᚦ ᚩ ᚱ ᚳ ᚷ ᚹ ᚻ ᚾ ᛁᛄ ᛇ ᛈ ᛉ ᛋᛏ ᛒ ᛖᛗ ᛚ ᛝᛟᛞ ᚪᚫ ᛡ ᚣ ᛠ ᚠ Wealth is a comfort to all, though if a persons swells with it they must conceal what they have if they wish to avoid the wrath

The Anglo-Saxon Rune Poem: A Word For Word Translation With Commentary ᚠᚢᚦ ᚩ ᚱ ᚳ ᚷ ᚹ ᚻ ᚾ ᛁᛄ ᛇ ᛈ ᛉ ᛋᛏ ᛒ ᛖᛗ ᛚ ᛝᛟᛞ ᚪᚫ ᚣ ᛡ ᛠ Any interpretations or comments that have been made are placed either in parenthesis