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Ansuz
- Literal meaning
- god, Odin
- Associated concepts
- speech · inspiration · wisdom
- Ætt
- Freyr's ætt
Ansuz names a god — almost certainly Odin — and by extension the voice, the breath, the word that persuades. The Icelandic rune poem calls it the source of language, the pillar of wisdom. It's the rune of communication: what's said well and carries far.