Eihwaz

īhaz'' (''---ē₂haz'', PIE ''---''), continued in Old English as ''ēoh'' (also ''īh'') , and ''---īwaz'' (''---ē₂waz'', PIE ''---''), continued in Old English as ''īw'' (whence ''yew''). The latter is possibly an early loan from the Celtic, compare Gaulish ''ivos'', Old Irish '' ēo ''. The common spelling of the rune's name, "Eihwaz", combines the two variants, strictly building on the Old English evidence, a spelling "Eihaz" would be more proper.

The Anglo-Saxon Rune Poem has:

:ᛇ ''Eoh byþ utan unsmeþe treow,''
: ''heard hrusan fæst, hyrde fyres,''
: ''wyrtrumun underwreþyd, wyn on eþle.''
: The yew is a tree with rough bark,
: hard and fast in the earth, supported by its roots,
: a guardian of flame and a joy upon an estate.

In the .

The rune is sometimes associated with the World Tree Yggdrasil , which, imagined as an Ash in Norse Mythology , may formerly have been a yew or an Oak . The Proto-Germanic

aiks'' (PIE ''---aigs'', likely cognate to Greek '' Krat-aigon '') is continued the name of another Futhorc rune, ᚪ ''ac'', which has, however, no Elder Futhark predecessor.

The rune is not to be confused with the Sowilo rune, which has a somewhat similar shape.

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Eihwaz