[[germanic-gods]] *** # Anglo Saxon Gods ## Anglo Saxon Ōs "god" Ex. from Rune Poem: Os by(th) ordfruma oelcre spraece Os is the origin of all speech Maxims II God sceal on heofenum, dǣda dēmend. (35-36) God must [be] in the heavens, the Judge of deeds. Nǣni eft cymeð hider under hrōfas, þe þæt hēr, for sōð, mannum secge hwylc sȳ Meotodes gesceaft, sigefolca gesetu, þǣr Hē sylfa wunað. (63-66) No-one comes back hither under the roofs, who here, in truth, might tell men what the Creator's decree is, [or] the dwelling of the victorious people, where He Himself lives.