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Rune Codes

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  • key used to crack first section
  • RSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ
  • abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

    first section:

  • i know that i hung on that windswept tree,
  • rode there for nine eternal nights,
  • wounded by my own blade,
  • bloodied for the all-father,
  • myself made an offering to myself:
  • bound high to that wyrd-tree,
  • that no man knows,
  • whither the roots of it run.

  • none gave me bread,
  • nor drink from the horn,
  • the elements i weathered in cyclic turn:
  • down into the deepest depths i peered,
  • until my gaze caught the runes.
  • with a roaring cry i grasped them,
  • then dizzy and fainting, i fell back,
  • each rune whispering of the wyrd.

  • well-being i won
  • and wisdom too,
  • i grew and took joy in my growth:
  • from a word to a word
  • i was led to a word,
  • from a deed to another deed.
  • 'til i had traced the magick sum,
  • the runic heart of that hidden tree,

  • from its leaf-edged top down to its very root...
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