Greetings, all

I have a question related to the phonetic meaning of
one of the runes. In the Elder Futhark it's called
Algiz: \|/, in the Younger (Danish) - Yr: |
| |
| /|\

Both denote the same letter/sound: some sources say
"z", the others - "R". "R" is always capitalized, I
guess to differentiate it from "r" (Raido/Reid). So
what does this mean? I've never seen the letter "z" in
any of the Old Norse texts (I can't read them yet, but
I can eyeball 'em :-), so a different "R" kind of
makes sense. But then, why do some authors state "z"
as the corresponding letter?

I noticed this when I was looking at "The Thieves"
cartoon. The runic inscription on the ship's bow
spelled "ormR", yet I remembered the z vs. R thing, so
I figured I'd ask.

Also, since this my first time writing to this list,
I'd like to thank Haukur �orgeirsson and �skar
Gu�laugsson for their work. For someone like me,
without the time and finances to seek out proper Old
Norse textbooks (I think there's only one still in
print in English), this course is absolutely
priceless.

Grateful, dazed and confused,

Dennis

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