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Attested
Found in inscriptions or medieval manuscripts.
Ehwaz is the nineteenth rune of the Elder Futhark and writes the sound /e/.
Only the Old English poem includes this rune. It calls it eh, the horse, a joy to princes and warriors, proud of its hooves, and a comfort to the restless.
Reconstructed
Scholarly reconstruction from linguistic evidence.
The Proto-Germanic name is reconstructed as *ehwaz, "horse."
In practice today
How people use this rune now, in divination, magic, and devotion. Valid in its own right, and labeled modern so it isn’t mistaken for history.
In Ralph Blum's modern divination system, this rune (spelled Ehwaz) is read as movement.
Practice today: wyrd, galdr, and other old words people use when working with the runes now.