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The rune ᚢ representing the sound u is called Ur in all three rune poems, however with different meanings: A rune can mean a single character in the Runic alphabet as well as an inscription of several runic charcters or symbols. ...
The rune poems list the letters of a runic alphabet with a short verse characterizing each one. ...
- ᚢ er af illu jarne;
- opt løypr ræinn á hjarne.
- Dross comes from bad iron;
- the reindeer often races over the frozen snow.
- ᚢ er skýja grátr
- ok skára þverrir
- ok hirðis hatr.
- umbre vísi
- Rain is lamentation of the clouds
- and ruin of the hay-harvest
- and abomination of the shepherd.
- ᚢ byþ anmod ond oferhyrned,
- felafrecne deor, feohteþ mid hornum
- mære morstapa; þæt is modig wuht.
- The aurochs is proud and has great horns;
- it is a very savage beast and fights with its horns;
- a great ranger of the moors, it is a creature of mettle.
The Icelandic word for "rain" and the Anglo-Saxon for "aurochs" go back to two different Proto-Germanic words, ûruz and ûram (although possibly from the same root). The Norwegian meaning "dross, slag" is more obscure, but maybe an Iron Age technical term derived from the word for water (c.f. the Kalevala, where iron is compared to milk). For the Transformers character, see Slag (Transformer). ...
Rain falling For other uses see Rain (disambiguation). ...
The Anglo-Saxons refers collectively to the groups of Germanic tribes who achieved dominance in southern Britain from the mid-5th century, forming the basis for the modern English nation. ...
Binomial name Bos taurus Bojanus, 1827 The aurochs (Bos taurus) is an extinct European mammal of the Bovidae family. ...
Iron Age Axe found on Gotland This article is about the archaeological period known as the Iron Age, for the mythological Iron Age see Iron Age (mythology). ...
The Kalevala is an epic poem which Elias Lönnrot in the 19th century said that he had compiled from Finnish folk sources. ...
General Name, Symbol, Number iron, Fe, 26 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 8, 4, d Appearance lustrous metallic with a grayish tinge Atomic mass 55. ...
Because of this, it is difficult to reconstruct a Proto-Germanic name for the Old Futhark rune. It may have been ûruz "aurochs" (see also Bull worship), or ûram "water". The aurochs is preferred by authors of modern runic divination systems, but both seem possible, compared to the names of the other runes: "water" would be comparable to "hail" and "lake", and "aurochs" to "horse" or "elk" (although the latter name is itself uncertain). The Gothic alphabet seems to support "aurochs", though: the name of the letter 𐌿 u is urus. Map of the Pre-Roman Iron Age culture(s) associated with Proto-Germanic, ca 500 BC-50 BC. The area south of Scandinavia is the Jastorf culture Proto-Germanic, the proto-language believed by scholars to be the common ancestor of the Germanic languages, includes among its descendants Dutch, Yiddish...
The worship of the Sacred Bull throughout the ancient world is most familiar in the episode of the idol of the Golden Calf made by Aaron and worshipped by the Hebrews in the wilderness of Sinai (Exodus). ...
Representation of the Gothic alphabet surrounding its inventor Ulfilas The Gothic alphabet is an alphabetic writing system attributed to Wulfila used exclusively for writing the ancient Gothic language. ...
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