Comments on: Younger Futhark Runes And Later Developments

By: ERIC

ERIC — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:01:00 +0000

Hello, I was wondering what would be the correct way to write or express “POWER” , “STRENGTH” or the like, in Long-Branch Younger Futhark? Thank you for your time. Also thank you for creating this site, so as to share information.

By: Viking Rune

Viking Rune — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 05:43:08 +0000

Runic inscriptions did not have any stable orthography. The use of such or such individual runes varied greatly and depended on individual rune carvers.
The rune ýr stands for R, which evolved from Proto-Germanic [z], it was not the same as r.

By: Viking Rune

Viking Rune — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 05:30:16 +0000

The whole thing is a little bit more complicated than it might seem. First of all, the language of runic inscriptions never had any stable orthography. For example, the word fæðrgaR is a normalized form reconstructed by philologists on the basis of what they found on the actual runestones. I was able to find three instances of that word in the Younger Futhark runic inscriptions: Altune Runestone (U 1161), Vårkumla Runestone (Vg 138) and Bälby Runestone (U 626). Altuna has the actual runic orthography feþrkag, Bälby runecarver shortened the word to a single f rune. Rather late Vårkumla (ca 1200) has faþhar.

By: Christian

Christian — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:34:27 +0000

Out of curiousity what viking king is that? Also if you’re a God fearing person then why are you getting runes? Runes are an ancient Germanic Pagan script and a means of divination. If you’re not a Heathen or at least someone who understands the deeper meaning of runes beyond the superficial/secular “alphabet” then you may want to steer clear of them. These aren’t Scandinavian kanji they’re sigils that will always be indelibly linked to the ancient Germanic pantheon.

By: luke

luke — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:45:41 +0000

thank you so much for that information, you would not believe how long I’ve been on line trying to find exactly this Info. Thanx angain, Luke.

By: JimmyLaser

JimmyLaser — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 17:35:15 +0000

How I will write names of gods in YF? Óðinn like Óss-Thurs-Íss-Naudhr(-Naudhr) but Odin like Úr-Týr-Íss-Naudhr? What about Þórr? Thurs-Óss-Ýr? Thurs-Úr-Ýr? Sorry if im spamming here too much, but I want to learn about YF, how to use it exactly, and i cant find anyone who can/want explain me.

By: JimmyLaser

JimmyLaser — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 01:18:39 +0000

Million dollar question. Im totally lost in that, same as you.

By: matt

matt — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 02:17:57 +0000

what rune lettering should i use if i was a decendent of a norwegian viking? should i use younger futhork or short twig, im kind of leaning towards younger futhork because short twig waas brought from sweden or does it really matter what kind of rune lettering should i use because i want to get a tatoo on my forearm that says my name in rune lettering, thanks

By: Chris Yonts

Chris Yonts — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 19:42:28 +0000

Tussen takk!

By: Ryan Akers

Ryan Akers — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 05:36:35 +0000

Apparently I am of Viking descent. Akers comes from the Norman Conquest, And like most people should be I am very interested in my ancestry an where i truely came from. help me out here I believe i have the physicall genetic ability to truley be of viking descent but i need to be sure. ha