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The rune poems list the letters of a runic alphabet with a short verse characterizing each one. Three different rune poems have been preserved, an Icelandic, a Norwegian and an Anglo-Saxon one. The Icelandic and Norwegian poems both give the order of the sixteen runes of the Younger Futhark, Technical note: Due to technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ...
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- ᚠ ᚢ ᚦ ᚬ ᚱ ᚴ ᚼ ᚾ ᛁ ᛅ ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ ᛘ ᛚ ᛦ,
with slightly differing letter names, while the Anglo-Saxon poem (Cotton Otho B.x.165) has The Lindisfarne Gospels is but one of the treasures collected by Sir Robert Cotton. ...
- ᚠ ᚢ ᚦ ᚩ ᚱ ᚳ ᚷ ᚹ ᚻ ᚾ ᛁ ᛄ ᛇ ᛈ ᛉ ᛋ ᛏ ᛒ ᛖ ᛗ ᛚ ᛝ ᛟ ᛞ ᚪ ᚫ ᚣ ᛡ ᛠ,
i.e. 29 runes, with an order clearly related to the Scandinavian ones, but with some runes having variant shapes to the Younger Futhark, some taken from the Older Futhark, and some that have no Scandinavian counterpart at all. The Elder Futhark (or Older Futhark, Old Futhark) are the oldest form of the runic alphabet, used by Germanic peoples of the 2nd to 7th centuries for inscriptions on artefacts (jewellery, amulets, tools, weapons) and rune stones. ...
There is also a list of rune names in the Abecedarium Nordmannicum, a 9th century manuscript, though it is debatable whether it can be called a poem. Codex Sangallensis 878 is a manuscript kept in the library of the Abbey of St. ...
| Contents - 1 Runes
- 2 Anglo-Saxon
- 2.1 Gyfu, Wynn
- 2.2 Ger, Eoh, Peordh, Eolh
- 2.3 Eh
- 2.4 Ing, Ethel, Daeg
- 2.5 Ac, Æsc, Yr, Ior, Ear
- 3 Abecedarium Nordmannicum
- 4 See also
- 5 External links
| Runes
Fé The word fé for wealth is cognate to English fee and originally meant "cattle" (German Vieh, Sanskrit paśu)... Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon) is an early form of the English language that was spoken in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland between the mid-fifth century and the mid-twelfth century. ...
Ur - Norwegian: Ur ᚢ "dross"
- Icelandic: Úr ᚢ "rain"
- Old English: Ur ᚢ "aurochs"
The name of the rune was preserved, but associated with different meanings. The name of Gothic 𐌿 u is urus. Dross is a mass of solid impurities floating on a molten metal bath. ...
Binomial name Bos primigenius Subspecies Bos primigenius primigenius (Bojanus, 1827) Bos primigenius namadicus (Falconer, 1859) Bos primigenius mauretanicus (Thomas, 1881) See Ur (rune) for the rune. ...
Þurs - Norwegian Thurs ᚦ "giant"
- Icelandic Þursi ᚦ "giant"
- Old English Þorn ᚦ "thorn"
The only rune to have permanently entered the Latin alphabet, Þ, for the writing of Old English and Icelandic. It was introduced to Icelandic orthography in the 12th century work The First Grammatical Treatise (see Icelandic alphabet). In Norse mythology, Jotuns, Jötunn or Jotnar of Utgard, Jötunnheim were the race of Gods called giants (thurs), separated into categories such as frost giants (rime giants, hrimthurs), fire giants, sea giants and storm giants. ...
Ãþ The letter à (miniscule: þ), which is also known as thorn or þorn is a letter in the Anglo-Saxon and Icelandic alphabets. ...
Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon) is an early form of the English language that was spoken in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland between the mid-fifth century and the mid-twelfth century. ...
(11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ...
The First Grammatical Treatise is an anonymously-authored 12th century work on the phonology of the Old Norse or Old Icelandic language. ...
The Icelandic alphabet consists of the following letters: A Ã B (C) D Ã E Ã F G H I Ã J K L M N O Ã P (Q) R S T U Ã V (W) X Y Ã (Z) Ã Ã Ã The modern Icelandic alphabet has developed from a standard established in the 19th century, by the...
As - Norwegian Óss ᚬ "estuary"
- Icelandic Óss ᚬ "one of the Aesir, Odin"
- Old English Os ᚩ "mouth"
- Old EnglishÆsc ᚫ "ash": one of the additional runes, with both shape and sound similar to the Elder Futhark As rune.
The Aesir (Old Norse Æsir, singular Áss, feminine Ásynja, feminine plural Ásynjur) are the principal pantheon of gods in Norse mythology. ...
For other meanings of Odin, Woden or Wotan see Odin (disambiguation), Woden (disambiguation), Wotan (disambiguation). ...
Species See text European Ash in flower Narrow-leafed Ash (Fraxinus angustifolia) shoot with leaves Closeup of European Ash seeds 19th century illustration of Manna Ash (Fraxinus ornus) An ash can be any of four different tree genera from four very distinct families (see end of page for disambiguation), but...
The 24 runes of the Elder Futhark The Elder Futhark (or Elder Fuþark, Older Futhark, Old Futhark) is the oldest form of the runic alphabet, used by Germanic tribes for Proto-Norse and other Migration period Germanic dialects of the 2nd to 8th centuries for inscriptions on artifacts (jewelery...
Reidh - Norwegian Reidh, Icelandic Reið, Old English Rad ᚱ "ride, journey"
Kaun - Icelandic/Norwegian Kaun ᚴ "ulcer"
- Old English Cen ᚳ "torch"
Similar to the case of Ur, the rune kept its name in Old English, but with a different meaning associated with it. Endoscopic images of a duodenal ulcer. ...
Hagall - Icelandic/Norwegian Hagall ᚼ "hail"
- Old English Hægl ᚻ "hail"
The shape of the Old English rune is closer to the Old Futhark ᚺ.
Naud - Icelandic Naud, Norwegian Naudhr, Old English Nyd ᚾ "need"
Is - Icelandic Iss, Norwegian Isa, Old English Is ᛁ "ice
Ar - Icelandic Ár, Nord. Ar ᛅ "boon, plenty"
Ár means Year. In Edda it also means Early.
Sol - Icelandic Sól, Norwegian Sol, Old English Sigel ᛋ "Sun"
See Sol. The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. ...
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Tyr - Icelandic/Norwegian Tyr ᛏ
- Old English Tiw ᛏ "Tiw"
Týr, depicted here with both hands intact, is identified with Mars in this illustration from an 18th century Icelandic manuscript. ...
This article is about Tyr, the god. ...
Bjarken - Icelandic/Norwegian Bjarken/Bjarkan ᛒ "birch"
- Old English Beorc ᛒ "birch" ("poplar"?)
Species Many species; see text and classification Birch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula, in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae. ...
This article is about woody plants of the genus Populus. ...
Madr - Icelandic/Norwegian Madr/Madhr ᛘ "man"
- Old English Mann ᛗ "man"
Logr - Icelandic Lögr ᛚ "waterfall"
- Norwegian Logr ᛚ "water"
- Old English Lagu ᛚ "ocean"
The three names have similar meanings. The corresponding Gothic letter 𐌻 l is called lagus.
Yr - Icelandic/Norwegian Yr ᛦ "yew"
C. f. Old English Yr ᚣ: one of the additional runes, with the shape a variant of Scandinavian Ur. Binomial name Taxus baccata L. Taxus baccata is a conifer native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia. ...
There is an Old English rune whose name means "yew": ᛇ Eoh. It is taken from the Old Futhark, and neither its shape nor its sound is related to the Scandinavian Yr rune. The Yr rune ᛦ is a modification of the Algiz rune ᛉ, originally from the Proto-Germanic terminal -z, Proto-Norse and Old Norse terminal -R, and eventually -y (see Algiz). Algiz is a reconstructed Proto-Germanic name for the ᛉ rune, representing Proto-Germanic final z. ...
Anglo-Saxon While the Younger Futhark has reduced the original inventory of 24 runes, the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc has expanded it: to 29 runes in the rune poem, and later to a total of 33. The fact that some Anglo-Saxon runes were given names of trees (ᛇ Eoh "yew", ᚪ Ac "oak", ᚫ Æsc "ash", c. f. also AS thorn vs. Norse thurs) may be related to Ogham signs, all of which are named after trees. Note: This article contains special characters. ...
Gyfu, Wynn The rune appears in the Elder Futhark with the same shape. The corresponding Gothic letter is 𐌲 g, called giba. Also taken from the Elder Futhark. Corresponds to Gothic 𐍅 w winja. Capital wynn (left), lowercase wynn (right) Wynn () (also spelled Wen or en) is a letter of the Old English alphabet. ...
Ger, Eoh, Peordh, Eolh Ger corresponds to ᛃ "jera" of the Elder Futhark. The corresponding Gothic letter is 𐌾 j, named jer. - ᛇ Eoh "yew" (see Yr above, Gothic 𐌴 e aiƕus)
- ᛈ Peorð
Also in the Elder Futhark. The meaning of the name is unclear, and apparently related to 𐍀 p pairþra of the Gothic alphabet. It is glossed as: Genera Taxaceae sensu stricto Taxus Pseudotaxus Austrotaxus — Cephalotaxaceae Torreya Amentotaxus Cephalotaxus The family Taxaceae, commonly called the yew family, includes three genera and about 7 to 12 species of coniferous plants, or in other interpretations (see Classification, below), six genera and about 30 species. ...
á is the rune denoting the sound p in the Old Futhark runic alphabet, in the Anglo-Saxon rune poem named peorð. It does not appear in the Younger Futhark. ...
The Gothic alphabet is an alphabetic writing system attributed by Philostorgius to Wulfila, used exclusively for writing the ancient Gothic language. ...
A Glossâword, phrase, (or syllable), is the dictionary entry for that word. ...
- Peorð byþ symble plega and hlehter / wlancum [on middum], ðar wigan sittaþ / on beorsele bliþe ætsomne.
- "Peorð is a source of recreation and amusement to the great, where warriors sit blithely together in the banqueting-hall."
Etymologically possible, although not very credible, is a meaning "fart" (interpreting the verse in the sense that farts arouse merriment in the banquet hall). A more likely meaning (or at least a modern equivalent closer to the anglo-saxon)for peorth is 'game counter' (meaning chess piece), stemming from the anglo saxon tradition of bonding through drinking and gaming. - Eolh-secg eard hæfþ oftust on fenne / wexeð on wature, wundaþ grimme / blode breneð beorna gehwylcne / ðe him ænigne onfeng gedeþ.
- "The Eolh-sedge is mostly to be found in a marsh; it grows in the water and makes a ghastly wound, covering with blood every warrior who touches it."
In both shape and position, the rune corresponds to Elder Futhark ᛉ "algiz". The rune is a special case insofar that the reconstructed name is not acrophonic, because the sound expressed by it in the Old Futhark only appears terminally: continuing Proto-Germanic -z, it is transliterated as Proto-Norse -R, becoming Old Norse -r. For this reason, the rune became superfluous and was dropped in the Younger Futhark, while it was assigned a new sound value in Anglo-Saxon. Genera See text The family Cyperaceae, or the Sedge family, is a taxon of monocot flowering plants that superficially resemble grasses or rushes. ...
Genera See text The Family Cyperaceae, or the Sedge family, is a taxon of monocot flowering plants that superficially resemble grasses or rushes. ...
This rune suffers the same translation problems of algiz but may, like algiz, mean Elk. Elk-Sedge may be, considering the description, a form of sawgrass. Algiz is a reconstructed Proto-Germanic name for the ᛉ rune, representing Proto-Germanic final z. ...
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Eh Also in the Older Futhark.
Ing, Ethel, Daeg Corresponds to Elder Futhark ᛜ "ingwaz". Ing can refer to one of the following: In Old English tradition and as supposed eponymous ancestor of the Ingaevones (as well as the rune ᛜ/ᛝ named after him) see Yngvi. ...
Appears as the final rune (after ᛞ) in the Elder Futhark. Gothic 𐍉 o oþal. The Odal rune. ...
ᛞ Daeg "day" Dagr rides his horse in this 19th century painting by Peter Nicolai Arbo. ...
Also in the Elder Futhark. Gothic 𐌳 d dags.
Ac, Æsc, Yr, Ior, Ear Five additional runes expressing Anglo-Saxon vowels: - ᚪ Ac "oak"
- ᚫ Æsc "ash" (C. f. As above)
- ᚣ Yr
See also Yr above. - Yr byþ æþelinga and eorla gehwæs / wyn and wyrþmynd, byþ on wicge fæger / fæstlic on færelde, fyrdgeatewa sum.
- "Yr is a source of joy and honour to every prince and knight; it looks well on a horse and is a reliable equipment for a journey."
- ᛡ Ior Possibly a form of fish; Also has been translated as Serpent.
- Iar byþ eafix and ðeah a bruceþ / fodres on foldan, hafaþ fægerne eard / wætre beworpen, ðær he wynnum leofaþ.
- "Iar is a river fish and yet it always / feeds on land; it has a fair abode / encompassed by water, where it lives in happiness."
- ᛠ Ear byþ egle eorla gehwylcun, / ðonn[e] fæstlice flæsc onginneþ, / hraw colian, hrusan ceosan / blac to gebeddan; bleda gedreosaþ,/ wynna gewitaþ, wera geswicaþ.
- " The grave is horrible to every knight, / when the corpse quickly begins to cool / and is laid in the bosom of the dark earth. / Prosperity declines, happiness passes away / and covenants are broken."
Abecedarium Nordmannicum A short poem found in the Codex Sangallensis 878, kept in the St. Gallen abbey, probably originating in Fulda, written down in the 9th century. Codex Sangallensis 878 is a manuscript kept in the library of the Abbey of St. ...
The Abbey of St. ...
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- Feu forman / Ur after / Thuris thriten stabu / Os ist imo oboro / Rat end os uuritan / Chaon thanne / Hagal / Naut habet / Is / Ar / endi Sol / [Tiu] / Brica / endi Man midi / Lagu the leohto / Yr al bihabet
See also For other uses, see Rune (disambiguation). ...
The Gothic alphabet is an alphabetic writing system attributed by Philostorgius to Wulfila, used exclusively for writing the ancient Gothic language. ...
Solomon and Saturn is a work in the corpus of Anglo-Saxon literature. ...
A BrÃatharogam (word ogham, plural BrÃatharogaim) is a list of kennings for the names of the letters of the Ogham script. ...
Divination according to Ralph Blum in progress The Elder Futhark may well have been used for magical and occult purposes historically; the name rune itself, taken to mean secret, something hidden, seems to indicate that knowledge of the runes was originally considered esoteric, or restricted to an elite. ...
External links Wikisource has original text related to this article: - Rune Poems from "Runic and Heroic Poems" by Bruce Dickins
- The Old English Rune Poem
- Rune-Net
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