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> From: Gary <baldr369@...>

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I have 5 diferent fuþorcs in a book i am useing for studies. Wich one
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used for project A? I have Common Germanic, Thames, Vienna, Cod.
> Otho B
X (10th century) and Ruthwell. Or let me guess i do not have
> the one i
need?

What's the book? Elliot by any chance?

Most of those are Anglo Saxon futharks.
Also some of the rune forms are rare (Ruthwell 'c' in 'Cyning') or improperly carved (Thames 'd' and 'j').
Vienna is the best for a general Anglo-Saxon futhark
[futhorc etc. tends to be used by Anglo-Saxon scholars to differntiate Anglo-Saxon runes from Old Norse runes. In the same way they resist unifiying transliteration practices - e.g. Old Norse 'bold letters' compared to Anglo-Saxon's 's p a c e d  l e t t e r s'. Me I don't give a damn, runes are runes.]

Anyway, where was I...
The runes best used for Old Norse are the Viking age runes (Runes in Scandinavia in Elliot.) Two slightly different futharks of 16 runes, with occasional dots to help convey differences. Not enough letters or vowels, but two a's and two r's and thats the one...

[I will try and put an intro to the runes page together over the weekend, and will post my efforts up to the list]

Don't worry if you get odd forms cropping up in inscriptions, or mixed futharks - thats what happens in the real world.

Links to runic fonts...
http://www.hit.uib.no/Runefonter/Gullskoen-e.html

Download the Gullskoen runic font - Academic font, very good my personal recommendation.

http://www.hit.uib.no/Runefonter/Gullhornet-e.html

Their other Older futhark version - also highly recommended.

Good books to get:

R.I.Page, Runes. British Museum publications.
Very good basic intro - and rather cheap.

R.W.V. Elliot, Runes.
More detailed, but may be hard to find.

E. Moltke, Runes and their origin, Denmark and elsewhere.
Very good detailed overview - with bias towards Danish inscriptions. Includes list of Danish inscriptions.

S.B.F. Jansson, Runes in Sweden
Very good book from a renowned runologist.

And for Anglo-Saxon runic inscriptions:
R.I.Page, An introduction to English runes.
The bible for Anglo-Saxon runes....

Hopefully some of these should be in print.

There are loads more, but these form a good introduction from which you can start to branch out (or pester me for more book + article recommendations)

Cheers
Stuntie.