Re: Runes and Old Norse

From: Ambrosius Kyrielle
Message: 1672
Date: 2002-01-17

Also remember that Runes were used phonetically, and there were many dialects. Try comparing the phonetic spelling of a word spoken by a cockney cabby to that of a Bostonian, or Louisianan, All "English" yet written phonetically all very different.
My two Krone.
AK
Simple rules to follow:
1. No double letters
2. All spellings are optional

Always remember that YOU are more literate than almost every original Rune
Master we have evidence of. In the same language the word Kunungr (King,
according to Page) was spelled:
kunukR
kunR
kukr
knkR
kurnk
kakR
and anything else you can imagine.

Have fun!
-Laz





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