i found a book by Kveldulf Gundarsson and he mentions
the elder, younger and the anglo saxon fu�orcs. And by
the looks the younger has all the runes in the
project.
--- Stuntie <stuntie@...> wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gary <baldr369@...>
> [mailto:baldr369@...]
> >
> > I have 5 diferent fu�orcs in a book i am useing
> for studies. Wich one
> > is 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.
>
>
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