Thurs (rune)
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The thorn-rune ᚦ is called thurs (giant) in the Icelandic and Norwegian rune poems:
| Old Norse | English translation |
| Þurs vældr kvinna kvillu, kátr værðr fár af illu. | Giant causes anguish to women, misfortune makes few men cheerful. |
| Þurs er kvenna kvöl ok kletta búi ok varðrúnar verr. Saturnus þengill. | Thurs is torture of women and cliff-dweller and husband of a giantess Saturn's thegn. |
In Anglo-Saxon England, the same rune was called thorn and it survives as the letter Þ.
| Runic alphabet | Rune poems |
|---|
| Elder Fuþark: ᚠ f | ᚢ u | ᚦ þ | ᚨ a | ᚱ r | ᚲ k | ᚷ g | ᚹ w | ᚺ h | ᚾ n | ᛁ i | ᛃ j |ᛇ ï | ᛈ p | ᛉ z | ᛊ s |ᛏ t | ᛒ b | ᛖ e | ᛗ m | ᛚ l | ᛜ ng | ᛞ d | ᛟ o |
