Hi Pete,
Runes were used as symbols for Sunday letters and golden numbers on calendar staves used in Scandinavia during the Middle Ages. To complete the number series 1-19, three additional calendar runes were added. The Golden numbers refers to the number that tells us what year it is, based on the 19 years cycle of the moon and is also used for telling when the Easter arrives. These Golden Numbers are written with all the 16 runes of the younger fuþark, beneath the runes for every day, and in addition three extra runes bringing the total to 19.
http://www.earth-dancing.com/runecalendar.htm
The early Norse calendar is based upon a cycle of 19 days, or Golden Numbers. The Younger Futhark was used to number those days. There are, of course, only 16 staves in the Younger Futhark, so three new symbols were devised to represent 17, 18, and 19.
Rig
Pete Sauber <PeteSauber@...> wrote:
I was wondering if anyone knows what numerical symbols accompanied the
runic alphabet (or were the runes used interchangeably as numbers,
like the Hebrew alphabet).
Thank You
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