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	Runic alphabet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Runic alphabets are a set of related alphabets using letters known as runes, formerly used to write Germanic languages, mainly in Scandinavia and the British Isles.
		However, the fact that the younger Futhark has sixteen runes, while the Elder Futhark has twenty four, is not fully explained by the some six hundred years of sound changes that had occurred in the North Germanic language group.
		The Old Italic alphabet is usually quoted as a candidate for the origin of the runes.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Runic_alphabet (3342 words)

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		A form of runes was used in Scandinavia throughout the Middle Ages as an alternative to the Latin alphabet used by the clergy, and runes survived in occasional use in rural Sweden at least until the 17th century.
		The name "futhark", like the word "alphabet", is derived from the first few letters in the runic sequence, which differs considerably from the order of the Latin alphabet and is unique amongst alphabetic scripts.
		The futhark originally consisted of 24 letters, beginning with F and ending with O, and was used by the northern Germanic tribes of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Northern Germany.
	www.themysticeye.com /info/runes.htm (1193 words)

	rune (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The runic alphabet or Futhark (from the first few letters) was the alphabet used by the old Germanic peoples (such as the Angles and Norse), were called runes.
		The original Nordic rune alphabet, the 24-type futhark, is often called the "rune line" and was organized in 3 groups of 8 runes each, called ätter (families); Frey's ätt, Hagal's ätt and Tyr's ätt respectively, with the first character in each group being examplified by the initial character of the name.
		The size of the futhark declined to about 16 or 18 runes in Norway and Sweden, where the vast majority of the later runes are found.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Rune.html (1335 words)

	Encyclopedia: Runic alphabet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		An alphabet is a complete standardized set of letters â€” basic written symbols â€” each of which roughly represents a phoneme of a spoken language, either as it exists now or as it may have been in the past.
		The Younger Futhark is further divided into: 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.
		The Nabatean alphabet is a consonantal alphabet (abjad) that was used by the Nabateans in the 2nd century BC.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Runic-alphabet (9643 words)

	The Futhark Alphabet
		The "Runic" Alphabet and the "Futhark" Alphabet are one and the same.
		The upper case alphabet, the capital letters and their assigned names, is learned when the student is proficient in using the lower case.
		The sounds represented by the Futhark Alphabet are direct descendents of the Hieroglyphs of the Ancient Egyptians.
	www.geocities.com /futhark_runes/FutharkAlphabet.html (215 words)

	Futhark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Futhark, the name of the Nordic runic alphabet, comes from the initial characters, similar to the origin of the word "alphabet".
		The futhark was organized in staves, or groups of characters.
		The initial Nordic futhark of 24 runes was later shortened to 16 runes.
	www.theezine.net /f/futhark.html (265 words)

	Runen - Wikipedia
		Das Vorbild der Runen soll ein nordetruskisches Alphabet sein bzw.
		Alle diese Alphabete sind, wie auch die lateinische Schrift, ihrerseits Abkömmlinge des westgriechischen Alphabets (griechischer Kultureinfluss durch Händler und Kolonien in Italien ab dem 7.
		Es stellt eine Mischung aus Zeichen des älteren Futhark mit angelsächsischen Zeichen dar und soll auf Hrabanus Maurus, den Abt von Fulda und Alkuin-Schüler, zurückgehen.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Futhark (3812 words)

	AncientScripts.com: Futhark
		In England, the Anglo-Saxons brought Futhark from continental Europe in the 5th century CE and modified it into the 33-letter "Futhorc" to accommodate sound changes that were occurring in Old English, the language spoken by the Anglo-Saxons.
		As many old letters were removed from the alphabet, several of the remaining letters were overloaded to represent multiple sounds: th was used for /þ/ and /ð/; u for /u/ and /o/; k for /k/, /g/, and /ng/; i for /i/ and /e/; t for /t/ and /d/; and b for /b/ and /p/.
		Futhark continued to be used in Scandinavia for centuries longer, but by 1600 CE, it had become nothing more than curiosities among scholars and antiquarians.
	ancientscripts.com /futhark.html (1273 words)

	Runic alphabet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		150, and the alphabet was generally replaced by the Latin alphabet with Christianisation, by ca.
		Another theory is that the runes originated directly from the Middle East, and are related to the Nabataean alphabet, a variant of the Phoenician alphabet.
		The letters of the Gothic alphabet, however, as given by the Alcuin manuscript (9th century), are obviously related to the names of the Futhark.
	www.bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Runic_alphabet (3084 words)

	The RUNES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The futhark originally consisted of 24 letters, beginning with F and ending with O, and was used by the northern Germanic tribes.
		The Younger Futhark: In Scandinavia, the Elder Futhark remained in use until some time around the eighth century, when drastic changes in the Old Norse language occurred, and corresponding changes in the runic alphabet were made to accommodate the new sounds.
		Unlike the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc, the Younger Futhark (as it is now called) reduced the number of runes from 24 to 16, and several runes came to represent multiple sounds, and the physical forms of the runes were also changed and simplified.
	www.paganuniverse.com /bos/divination/runes.html (527 words)

	Alphabets and Writing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The elder futhark alphabet is probably one of the best known and widely used of the historical alphabets.
		This alphabet was one of the first alpahbets in Europe and actually helped establish the elder futhark alphabet.
		Alphabet which was created by a Catholic Bishop and later deemed as being Pagan and consequently forced to be destroyed by the Council of Toledo.
	www.shadowdrake.com /alphabets/index.html (360 words)

	Runes
		The origins of the futhark alphabet a) The Latin or Roman theory b) The Greek theory c) The Futhark as parent of the European alphabets d) The Etruscan theory IV.
		Futharks were in use from an unsure point in time, some historians say as early as 200 B.C., in some cases till the early Middle Age.
		The splitting in different alphabet occurred in the time of the Younger Futhark, which reaches from the 8th century to the 12th century A.D. This time is called the Viking Age, because the Viking culture reached its height in this period.
	wave.prohosting.com /jutamago/Runes/runehtml.html (2641 words)

	Futhark Rune Authority Source at New-Age-Advisor.com
		I work with the "Elder Futhark", the runic alphabet which is aposite of the runic symbols most First the rune name is given, then its phic value, its symbolic.
		A short presentation and overview of the Rune alphabet, the futhark The classical (and oldest) rune alphabet, 'The futhark', consisted of 24 letters and runealphabet, 'urnordiska runor' (The Futhark).This particular rune alphabet was used between.
		Blekinge SWEDEN The Futhark alphabet was used by the North European Germanic the fact that this Futhark alphabet, which is also called known as "the primitive futhark", found inscribed on a rock.
	www.new-age-advisor.com /advice/futhark-rune.html (694 words)

	The educational encyclopedia, runestones, rune stones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Futhark the Runic alphabet is also known as Futhark, a name composed from the first six letters of the alphabet, namely f, u, th, a, r, and k.
		Mystery of the Futhark alphabet the Futhark alphabet was used by the North European Germanic peoples (the Swedish, Norwegian and Danish) between the 3rd and 17th centuries A.D. Mythology and Sagas
		Runes: alphabet of mystery the runes of the Elder Futhark, their uses in writing, divination, magic.
	users.pandora.be /educypedia/education/runestones.htm (373 words)

	Using the Elder FUTHARK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Elder Futhark (Norse Runes) are a collection of 24 symbols divided into three families or aettr.
		These runes were inscribed on amulets for protection, luck in battle, etc. As the old Norse/Germanic language had no future tense, these runes were likely not used for definitive future predictions, but could be consulted to understand trends based in the present (leaving the reader to extrapolate outward as appropriate).
		As with the tarot, they are arranged in an order, and it is thought that there is method behind this chosen order; that like the tarot, the arrangement leads one on an esoteric journey of discovery of the purpose behind the runes.
	www.candledark.net /silver/futhark/f_uses.html (953 words)

	futhark
		This Futhark alphabet, which is also called the Runic stemmed from the very same origin as did the ancient Turkish inscriptions with the Gokturk alphabet.
		There is a claim is that the alphabets of these monuments found in both Europe and the Central Asia have stemmed from a common origin in a very remote past.
		As for the Futhark alphabet employed on the stones found in Sweden, the monuments bearing this inscription are studied in
	www.geocities.com /TimesSquare/Chaos/4103/futhark.html (1483 words)

	A short presentation and overview of the Rune alphabet, the futhark...
		The classical (and oldest) runic alphabet, the Futhark (the urnordiska alphabet), consisted of 24 letters and began with the letters f, u, th, a, r, and k.
		This alphabet was used between 200 A.D. After 800 A.D. up to the end of the period during which the Nordic people used runes, Normal Runor (Picture 2) was the most common runic alphabet.
		An interesting question is why their alphabet is structured as it is, since the Greek and Latin alphabets begin with the letters alpha and beta.
	www.luth.se /luth/present/sweden/history/viking_age/runes/nytt/overview.shtml (897 words)

	Ancient Egyptians and the Futhark Alphabet
		The Futhark Alphabet, which is essentially a set of glyphs representing sounds and ideas, is derived from the Hieroglyphs of the remote Ancient Egyptians.
		Similarly the glyphs of the earliest Teutonic Futhark Alphabet, conveyed a "
		The Runes are referred to as the Futhark Alphabet because
	www.geocities.com /futhark_runes/Ancient_Egyptians_and_the_Futhark_Alphabet.html (174 words)

	Encyclopedia: Runes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Scandinavian version is also known as Futhark (from the first six letters, ᚠᚢᚦᚨᚱᚲ), and the Anglo-Saxon version as Futhorc.
		The Northern Italic alphabet is usually quoted as a candidate for the origin of the runes.
		It was used probably from the 5th century and onward, having been developed in Frisia and later spread to England.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Runes (2622 words)

	Viking Age runes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		From the 10th century on this futhark was gradually extended by the addition of "dotted runes" to reduce ambiguity.
		Inscriptions in the Nordic futhark are primarily in Old Norse (and its later derivatives such as Old Swedish), but a few are in Latin.
		In one of the younger futharks of course.
	www.ravensgard.org /gerekr/runic.html (485 words)

	A short presentation and overview of the Rune alphabet, the futhark...
		Most scientist thinks that the germanic tribes from the start used the same rune alphabet and that this alphabet probably has been derived from the greek and latin alphabets.
		But as the germanic writers wrote their messages on wood or stones rather than paper they changed the shape of the letters in the latin and greek alphabet to better suit the material the runes was written on.
		The classical (and oldest) rune alphabet, 'The futhark', consisted of 24 letters and begun with the letters 'f', 'u', 'th', 'a', 'r', 'k'.
	www.luth.se /luth/present/sweden/history/viking_age/runes/overview.html (1110 words)

	Runic alphabet
		The Runic alphabet is thought to have been modelled on the Latin and/or Etruscan alphabet.
		Elder Futhark is thought to be the oldest version of the Runic alphabet, and was used in the parts of Europe which were home to Germanic peoples, including Scandinavia.
		It was the main alphabet in Norway, Sweden and Denmark throughout the Viking Age, but was largely though not completely replaced by the Latin alphabet by about 1200 as a result of the conversion of most of Scandinavia to Christianity.
	www.omniglot.com /writing/runic.htm (846 words)

	Access the Power - runes, rune characters, ancient alphabet, anglo-saxon, anglo-saxon runes, viking, vikings, viking ...
		The runic alphabet, called futhark after the sounds of the initial letters, originally had 25 characters.
		In English versions the number was eventually increased to 33, whereas in Scandinavia it was reduced to 16 and later expanded to 26.
		It is believed that runes are derived from a northern Etruscan alphabet used among Italic tribes in the eastern Alps, and that they were developed in the 2nd or 3rd century AD by a Germanic people living in the region of modern Bohemia.
	www.selfpower.com /runes (347 words)

	History of the Runes
		Some of these symbols are readily identifiable in the later alphabets, while others represent ideas and concepts which were incorporated into the names of the runes (sun, horse, etc.).
		The parallels between the two alphabets are too close to be ignored, particularly in the forms of the letters, as well as in the variable direction of the writing, and certain structural and even symbolic characteristics.
		When the northern tribes began integrating the Italic alphabets into their own symbolic system, they gave the letters names relating to all aspects of their secular and religious lives, thus transforming their simple pictographs into a magical alphabet which could be used for talismans, magical inscriptions and divination.
	www.tarahill.com /runes/runehist.html (975 words)

	Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga \| American Museum of Natural History
		The runic alphabet, used by early Norse peoples including the Vikings, has no clear origins; in fact, the word "rune" derives from the Gothic word runa, meaning "mystery." The runic alphabet is called a "futhark", and gains its name, like the word "alpha-bet," from the first few symbols in the series.
		Runic alphabets first appeared among German tribes in central and Eastern Europe.
		This alphabet is known as the "Elder Futhark." As time passed, new runes were added on as the need arose, and various versions of the futhark emerged, including up to 38 symbols.
	www.amnh.org /exhibitions/vikings/write.html (273 words)

	AncientScripts.com: Gothic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		At this time, the Goths wrote their language using their version of the Futhark alphabet, but it was deemed to be a pagan invention.
		Instead, Bishop Wulfila (or Ulfilas), a Greek missionary responsible for the conversion of the Goths to Christianity, took the Greek alphabet, added letters from Latin and Futhark alphabets, and created a new alphabet to write the Gothic language.
		The Gothic alphabet continued this tradition, and so in the case of Gothic, the first row of letters have numeric values of 1 to 9, the second row from 10 to 90, and the third row from 100 to 900.
	www.ancientscripts.com /print.cgi?f=gothic.html (266 words)

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