Old Norwegian
ᛁ Ís köllum brú bræiða;
blindan þarf at læiða.

Ice we call the broad bridge;
the blind man must be led.

Old Icelandic
ᛁ Íss er árbörkr
ok unnar þak
ok feigra manna fár.
glacies jöfurr.

Ice is bark of rivers
and roof of the wave
and destruction of the doomed.

Anglo-Saxon
ᛁ Is byþ ofereald, ungemetum slidor,
glisnaþ glæshluttur gimmum gelicust,
flor forste geworuht, fæger ansyne.

Ice is very cold and immeasurably slippery;
it glistens as clear as glass and most like to gems;
it is a floor wrought by the frost, fair to look upon.