Eihwaz Rune Meaning
ᛇ · sound "ï (between e and i)" · Heimdall's ætt · name means yew tree
endurance, resilience, deep roots, steadiness
Upright meaning
Eihwaz is the yew: evergreen, deep-rooted and very hard to kill. It speaks of endurance and of standing steady through change. Whatever you are going through, it suggests your roots go deeper than you may realize.
Reversed
This rune looks the same upside down, so it has no reversed meaning.
Lore
The name means yew, a tree that can live for centuries and was prized for making bows. Only the Anglo-Saxon poem covers this rune, praising the yew as rough-barked, firm in the earth and a guardian of fire; the Norse poems also have a yew rune, ýr, but it is a different sign. Its exact sound is uncertain, somewhere between e and i.
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