Isaz

Name	Proto-Germanic	Old English	Old Norse
	*Isaz	Īs	Íss
	"ice"
Shape	Elder Futhark	Futhorc	Younger Futhark
Unicode	ᛁ U+16C1
Transliteration	i
Transcription	i
IPA	[i(ː)]
Position in rune-row	11		9

*Isazis the reconstructedProto-Germanicname of thei-runeᛁ,meaning "ice".In theYounger Futhark,it is calledíssinOld Norse.As a rune of theAnglo-Saxon futhorc,it is calledis.

The correspondingGothic letteris 𐌹i,namedeis.

The rune is recorded in all threerune poems:

Rune Poem:	English Translation:
Anglo-Saxon ᛁIs bẏþ oferceald, ungemetum slidor, glisnaþ glæshluttur gimmum gelicust, flor forste geƿoruht, fæger ansẏne.	Ice is very cold and immeasurably slippery; it glistens as clear as glass and most like to gems; it is a floor wrought by the frost, fair to look upon.
Old Icelandic ᛁÍss er árbörkr ok unnar þak ok feigra manna fár. glaciesjöfurr.	Ice is bark of rivers and roof of the wave and destruction of the doomed.
Old Norwegian ᛁÍs kǫllum brú bræiða; blindan þarf at læiða.	Ice is called the broad bridge; the blind man must be led.

See also

• Elder Futhark
• Younger Futhark
• Rune poem