Nauthiz Rune Meaning
ᚾ · sound "n" · Heimdall's ætt · name means need, necessity
need, constraint, patience, resourcefulness
Upright meaning
Nauthiz is need: the friction of not having what you want, or of being pressed by circumstances. It is less a punishment than a teacher, because constraints show what really matters and call up the resourcefulness to meet them. Ask what you truly need, as opposed to what you want.
Reversed
This rune looks the same upside down, so it has no reversed meaning.
Lore
The name means need or necessity. All three rune poems cover it; the Norse verses picture hardship that leaves little room to choose, while the Anglo-Saxon poem observes that need tightens the heart yet often turns into help when it is attended to early.
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