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Isa
- Literal meaning
- ice
- Associated concepts
- stillness · pause · focus
- Ætt
- Hagal's ætt
Isa is ice: total stillness, a surface that gleams and won't let you move forward. The Icelandic rune poem calls it a wide bridge, something the blind must be guided across; also the crust of the river, the roof of the waves. It's the rune of a forced pause, not a chosen rest.