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Runes Meaning

Norse Rune Symbols and the Third Reich

July 31, 2009 Germanic Symbols
Nazi runic symbol

Some of the symbols treated in this article may be interpreted as pointing to Nazi ideology in certain contexts. Their use in the present article has nothing to do with it. Any such connotations are a recent development as compared to the long history of the most of these signs. Below both their original meaning [...]

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Younger Futhark Runes And Later Developments

November 29, 2008 Medieval Runes
Younger Futhark

At the end of the 8th century an unknown rune-master reformed the Elder Futhark having reduced it to 16 runes. By the 10th century the new form of writing was accepted in the whole of Scandinavia. This variant of runic alphabet is known as the Younger Futhark. It is this set of runes that may [...]

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Elder Futhark Runic Alphabet

November 16, 2008 Elder Futhark
Elder Futhark

The elder Futhark is the most ancient Germanic runic alphabet. The word futhark is formed after the first six runes in it, the same way as the Greek word alphabet is formed after the first two Greek letters, Alpha and Beta. See below which signs represented which sounds: The order of the runes has nothing [...]

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