Nauthiz

The Futhark was a germanic alphabet: It's runes had names and were associated with gods or other mythological things.

The rune "Nauthiz" (Naudhit or Nyd) belongs to "Heimdall's Aett". Nauthiz was the rune of destiny, dedicated to the norns, time, destiny, self-reliance, necessity, resistence and need.

Meaning: Need
Gods/Deities: Norns
Letter Value: N
Norse: Nauð

Icelandic: "Ölrúnar skaltu kunna, ef þú vill annars kvæn véli-t þik í tryggð, ef þú trúir; á horni skal þær rista ok á handarbaki ok merkja á nagli Nauð."	English: "Ale-runes learn, that with lies the wife Of another betray not thy trust; On the horn thou shalt write, and the backs of thy hands, And Need shalt mark on thy nails."
Poetic Edda: Sigrdrífumál

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