Runes

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English: Runes are the names for some old Germanic (in particular Scandinavian) alphabets.
Français : Les runes sont d'anciens alphabets germaniques (notamment scandinaves).
Nederlands: Runen zijn de namen voor oud-Germaanse (specifiek Scandinavische) alfabetten.
Slovenščina: Rune imenujemo nekatere starogermanske (zlasti skandinavske) abecede.

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[edit] Alphabets

The Elder Futhark

The Younger Futhark, long-branch and short-twig

The Younger Futhark, staveless

"Marcomannic" Runes

[edit] Elder Futhark

f - fehu

u - uruz

þ - thurisaz

a - ansuz

r - raido

k - kauna

g - gebo

w - wunjo

h - haglaz

n - naudiz

i - isaz

j - jeran

ï - iwaz

p - pertho

a - algiz

s - sowilo

t - tiwaz

b - berkanan

e - ehwaz

m - mannaz

l - laukaz

ŋ - ingwaz

d - dagaz

o - othalan

h - haglaz variant

i - ingwaz variant

s - sowilo variant

[edit] Anglo-Saxon Futhorc

fehu

uruz

thurisaz

os

raido

cen

gebo

wunjo

haglaz variant

naudiz

isaz

ger

iwaz

pertho

algiz

sigel

tiwaz

berkanan

ehwaz

mannaz

laukaz

ingwaz variant

othalan

dagaz

ac

ansuz

yr

ior

ear

cweord

calc

stan

gar

calc doubled

[edit] Younger Futhark

long-branch

f u th ą r k h n i a s t b m l R

[edit] Runestones

See Runestone

Triquetra and runes on one of the Funbo Runestones, located in the park of Uppsala university

Close-up of previous image
Suomi: Björketorpsstenen

[edit] Studies (PDF)

W.Grimm: Über deutsche Runen (1821)

Liliencron/ Müllenhoff: Zur Runenlehre. Zwei Abhandlungen (1852)

[edit] Other

"Wikipedia" in runic transliteration (elder futhark)
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