It's actually just the Norwegian Rune Poem but written in Eldar Futhark characters for flavor.

ᚠ Fé vældr frænda róge;

føðesk ulfr í skóge.

ᚢ Úr er af illu jarne;

opt løypr ræinn á hjarne.

ᚦ Þurs vældr kvinna kvillu;

kátr værðr fár af illu.

ᚬ Óss er flæstra færða

fǫr; en skalpr er sværða.

ᚱ Ræið kveða rossom væsta;

Reginn sló sværðet bæzta.

ᚴ Kaun er barna bǫlvan;

bǫl gørver nán fǫlvan.

ᚼ Hagall er kaldastr korna;

Kristr skóp hæimenn forna.

ᚾ Nauðr gerer næppa koste;

nøktan kælr í froste.

ᛁ Ís kǫllum brú bræiða;

blindan þarf at læiða.

ᛅ Ár er gumna góðe;

get ek at ǫrr var Fróðe.

ᛋ Sól er landa ljóme;

lúti ek helgum dóme.

ᛏ Týr er æinendr ása;

opt værðr smiðr blása.

ᛒ Bjarkan er laufgrønstr líma;

Loki bar flærða tíma.

ᛘ Maðr er moldar auki;

mikil er græip á hauki.

ᛚ Lǫgr er, fællr ór fjalle

foss; en gull ero nosser.

ᛦ Ýr er vetrgrønstr viða;

vænt er, er brennr, at sviða.

And English:

ᚠ Fe

Wealth is a source of discord among kinsmen;

the wolf lives in the forest.

ᚢ Ur

Dross comes from bad iron;

the reindeer often races over the frozen snow.

ᚦ Thurs

Giant causes anguish to women;

misfortune makes few men cheerful.

ᚬ As

Estuary is the way of most journeys;

but a scabbard is of swords.

ᚱ Reidh

Riding is said to be the worst thing for horses;

Reginn forged the finest sword.

ᚴ Kaun

Ulcer is fatal to children;

death makes a corpse pale.

ᚼ Hagall

Hail is the coldest of grain;

Christ created the world of old.

ᚾ Naudhr

Constraint gives scant choice;

a naked man is chilled by the frost.

ᛁ Isa

Ice we call the broad bridge;

the blind man must be led.

ᛅ Ar

Plenty is a boon to men;

I say that Frodi was generous.

ᛋ Sol

Sun is the light of the world;

I bow to the divine decree.

ᛏ Tyr

Tyr is a one-handed god;

often has the smith to blow.

ᛒ Bjarkan

Birch has the greenest leaves of any shrub;

Loki was fortunate in his deceit.

ᛘ Madhr

Man is an augmentation of the dust;

great is the claw of the hawk.

ᛚ Logr

A waterfall is a River which falls from a mountain-side;

but ornaments are of gold.

ᛦ Yr

Yew is the greenest of trees in winter;

it is wont to crackle when it burns.

Ah, nice. Part of what was throwing me was the bare Fehu at the beginning, and I didn't look far enough to realize it repeated. That would have given the runes poem nature away.

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Yeah, I thought about formatting it better but it'd be so long 😂