Isa Rune Meaning
ᛁ · sound "i" · Heimdall's ætt · name means ice
stillness, pause, clarity, waiting
Upright meaning
Isa is ice: everything held still. It can mirror a pause you did not choose, or a moment when it is wise to stop and let things settle. Ice is also clear and can bear weight, and stillness can show you what movement was hiding.
Reversed
This rune looks the same upside down, so it has no reversed meaning.
Lore
The name means ice. All three rune poems cover it: the Anglo-Saxon poem dwells on ice gleaming like glass and treacherously slippery, the Old Norwegian calls it a broad bridge, and the Old Icelandic a roof over the water.
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