1. The first rune of the Elder Futhark, representing the letter F.
To the Northern Europeans, this rune meant cattle. In archaic times, cattle were the measure of a man's worth.
2. This is the first rune of the first aett. The classical meaning of Fehu as handed down through various sources is cattle or wealth, in particular, movable wealth.
The first charm I know is unknown to rulers
Or any of human kind:
HELP it is named, for help it can give
In hours of sorrow and anguish.
--Havamal
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