その名前は全ての3つのルーン詩（英語版）に記されている。
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現代英語への翻訳: |
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古ノルウェー語（英語版）
ᛁ Ís kǫllum brú bræiða;
blindan þarf at læiða. |
Ice is called the broad bridge;
the blind man must be led.
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古アイスランド語（英語版）
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.
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古英語
ᛁ Is bẏþ oferceald, ungemetum slidor,
glisnaþ glæshluttur gimmum gelicust,
flor forste geƿoruht, fæger ansẏne. |
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.
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