The Elder Furthark rune set consists of 24 runes. They were split into three families of eight called "Aetts". Some rune sets contain a 25th or blank rune known as Odin, meaning, the unknowable or destiny. The following is a complete list of each rune, their name (s), common meaning and corresponding elemental.

Feuh: Fe, Fehu, Feoh, Feh.
       Cattle, Wealth
        Fire & Earth Elements


Uruz: Ur
        Energy
        Earth Element


Thurisaz: Thurs, Thorn, The Giant
             traditional meaning; the forces of chaos and the keeper of those forces
             Fire Element


Ansuz: Os, Ass, As
         Language, communication
         Air Element


Raido: Rad, Reid
         Riding, Chariot
         Air Element


Kenaz: Kaun, Cen, Ken, Kano
         Torch, opening (corresponds to Blum's Kano)
         Fire Element


Gebo: Gifu, Gyfu
         The Gift, partnership
         Air Element


Wunjo: Wynn, Wyn, Wunja, Wynja
           Wish, joy and hope.
           Earth Element


Hagalaz: Haegl, Hagal, Hagall
            Hail, elemental disruption
            Water Element


Nauthiz: Nyd, Naud, Naudr, Need
           Need or necessity
           Fire Element

Isa: Iss, Is
    Ice, stillness
    Water Element


Jera: Jara, Ar, Ger
      Season, harvest, year
      Earth Element


Eihwaz: Eoh
          Yew tree, yggdrasil
           All Elements


Pertho: Perthro, Peorth, Pertha
          Womb, hidden
          Water Element


Algiz: Eolh, Elhaz, Yr
       Protection, Elk Sedge (resembling the shape of a splayed hand)
       Air Element


Sowulo: Sigil, Sol, Sigel
           Sun, wholeness
           Air Element


Teiwaz: Tyr
           The Warrior, Sky God
           Air Element


Berkana: Beorc, Bjarkin, Bjarka
             Fertility, Birch Tree
             Earth Element


Ehwaz: Eoh
          Movement, Horse
          Earth Element


Mannaz: Man, Madr
            the Self, humankind
            Air Element

Laguz: Lagu, Lagus, Logr
         Lake, sea, intuition
         Water Element


Inguz: Ing
        New beginnings, the God Ing
        Water & Earth Elements


Dagaz: Dag, Daeg, Dagl, Dagz
         Transformation, day
         Fire Element


Othila: Othala, Ethel, Odal
         Inheritance, homeland
         Earth Element


Odin: The Unknowable, destiny
        Blank is the end, the beginning. This is the rune of total trust and should be taken as exciting evidence of your most immediate contact with your own true destiny, which time and time again, will rise like the phoenix from the ashes of what we call fate. However, the blank rune can also foretell death. But that death is usually symbolic, and may relate to any part of your life as you are now living it. Relinquishing control is the ultimate challenge for the spiritual warrior.


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Elder Furthark Runes & Corresponding Elementals