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Ron Weasley: "How were the runes?"
Hermione Granger: "I mistranslated ‘ehwaz,’. It means ‘partnership,’ not ‘defence,’ I mixed it up with ‘eihwaz."
— Hermione Granger regarding her Ancient Runes O.W.L. written exam[src]

Eihwaz was a magical rune which meant "defence".[1]

History[]

This specific rune came up during the 1996 Ancient Runes O.W.L.s examination.[1] Hermione Granger confused it with ehwaz, another rune which meant "partnership",[1] but she still achieved an Outstanding.[2]

Behind the scenes[]

  • Eihwaz is actually the Germanic word for yew-tree, while ehwaz means horse.
  • Like Ehwaz, Eihwaz is also a rune in the Futhark alphabet, representing defence, patience, waiting and calmness.

Appearances[]

Notes and references[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 31 (O.W.L.s)
  2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 5 (An Excess of Phlegm)
Study of Ancient Runes
Ancient Runes Made Easy
Professors: Bathsheda Babbling · Clodagh Dromgoole · Elspeth MacGillony
Textbooks: Advanced Rune Translation · Ancient Runes Made Easy · Magical Hieroglyphs and Logograms · Rune Dictionary · Spellman's Syllabary
Known runes: Acromantula · Demiguise · Ehwaz · Eihwaz · Fwooper · Graphorn · Hydra · Quintaped · Runespoor · Salamander · Unicorn · Unknown · Mark of Merlin
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