Sowilō
*Sowilō or *sæwelō is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the s-rune, meaning "sun". The name is attested for the same rune in all three rune poems. It appears as Old Norse sól, Old English sigel, and Gothic sugil.
Name
The Germanic words for "Sun" have the peculiarity of alternating between -l- and -n- stems, Proto-Germanic *sunnon (Old English sunne, Old Norse, Old Saxon and Old High German sunna) vs. *sôwilô or *saewelô (Old Norse sól, Gothic sauil, also Old High German forms such as suhil).
This continues a Proto-Indo-European alternation *suwen- vs. *sewol- (Avestan xweng vs. Latin sōl, Greek helios, Sanskrit surya, Welsh haul, Breton heol, Old Irish suil "eye"), a remnant of an archaic, so-called "heteroclitic", declension pattern that remained productive only in the Anatolian languages.
The Old English name of the rune, written sigel (pronounced /ˈsɪ.jel/) is most often explained as a remnant of an otherwise extinct l-stem variant of the word for "Sun" (meaning that the spelling with g is unetymological), but alternative suggestions have been put forward.
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by Say Lou Lou
Julian
by: Say Lou LouI'll meet you in the city
I'll pick you up at night
I'll drive you through the suburbs
I'll get you there in time
I'll meet you in the city
I'll stay clear of the light
I'll get us through the checkpoints
Yeah I know we'll be alright
Oh Julian
Once we get across the border
Oh Julian
I'll mend your heart
Oh Julian
Once we get across the border
Oh Julian
I'll mend your heart
And maybe we are sinners
But love ain't no crime
I'll get you through the checkpoints
I'll drive us through the night
You know I'll keep your secret
I've locked it up inside
As long as we are moving
Yeah I know it'll be all right
Yeah I know it'll be all right
Oh Julian
Once we get across the border
Oh Julian
I'll mend your heart
Oh Julian
Once we get across the border
Oh Julian
I'll mend your heart
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
Well love it ain't no crime
Oh oh oh oh oh
Well love it ain't no crime
Oh Julian
Oh Julian
I'll mend your heart
Oh Julian
Once we get across the border
Oh Julian
I'll mend your heart
Oh Julian
(Well love it ain't no crime)
(Well love it ain't no crime)
Oh Julian
(Well love it ain't no crime)