ᚱ᛫ᚨ᛫ᚦ᛫ᚴ᛫ᛘ᛫ᚢ᛫ ᛬ ᛁᛁᛁᛁᛁ ᛬ ᛍᛍᛍᛍᛍ ᛬ ᛐᛐᛐᛐᛐ ᛬ ᛁᛁᛁᛁᛁ ᛬ ᛚᛚᛚᛚᛚ ᚦᛘᚴ ᛬ ᛁᛁᛁ ᛬ ᛋᛋᛋ ᛬ ᛏᛏᛏ ᛬ ᛁᛁᛁ ᛬ ᛚᛚᛚ ᛬
r.o.þ.k.m.u:iiiiii:ssssss:tttttt:iiiiii:llllll
ristil eistil þistil kistil mistil uistil

This is the thistle mistletoe formula from Busla's riddle, which can be found on rune carvings in stave churches of Nore N 132 and Lomen N 75 (Norway), inscriptions on Gørlev DR 239 (Denmark), Ledberg Ög 181 (Sweden) rune stones and other places. 'It is likely that the formula was originally a curse associated with burial rituals, whose purpose was to banish the dead into the grave' (NIyR 4, 177-8).

In the Bósa Saga / Saga of Bosi and Herraud, Busla comes to Bosi's aid, and confronts King Hringr with cursing/prayer (Buslubæn) and a riddle that the King must solve or her curse will take effect. The riddle involves guessing the names of six warriors called, by decoding six runes r. o. þ. k. m. u. followed by the runic letters i, s, t, i, l which are repeated six times.

From Drif Explained by Heilung:

"In the song, you hear some runes taken from Ole Worms “Runir seu Danica Literatura Antiqvissima” published in 1636. ..Line by line we change it into a blessing, like sun follows rain and spring follows winter. It finishes with six blessing staves that celebrate the all-unity and ensures the aid of the supporting spirits. Only living with the cycles of nature can give us the power to sing the evil powers of winter away come spring. The understanding that the seed has to die in order to spark vitality can bring back our joy of life in the face of death and we can celebrate that short moment of perfect balance for example at the equinoxes. Music and dance is the primal language of mankind. In it, we can experience the divine harmony woven through all of existence. .."

I looked up each word in various dictionaries and it seems to be a mix of Old Norse and possibly a few in Old Icelandic. I could not find the word lidhønd in Old Norse, so I have interpreted it as <lið> + <ǫnd> or <ønd>. Also <ø> means 'island', but it could be descended from <æ> in Old Norse, although it sounds more like ‘ey’ instead, meaning: 'ever, always; forever', which I feel makes more sense in the context. Unless a better source can be found.

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