Hi Grace,
Later inscriptions use <r> in all circumstances, after the older <R>
came to be pronounced the same. There are a some examples here:
http://www.arild-hauge.com/eindex.htm
But if you want to match the earlier practice:
MildiR frkniR...
þisaR runaR raist
(with optional divisions between words)
At the beginning of a word, it's always <r>. At the end of a word,
it's <r> in a few words: móðir, faðir, bróðir, systir; also in
certain prepositions: OIc. 'eptir' appears on the 5th c. Tune stone
as 'after', but later inscriptions have 'eftiR' & 'æftiR'). Where
r/R is part of the root it could be either -- that´s the time to
look up Gothic cognates... Otherwise, in inflexional endings,
usually <R> (e.g. in the nominative singular ending, in nominative &
accusative plurals, genitive singualars, verbal inflexions;
þrimR "three" preserves the old dative plural once general in
adjectives; pronouns þiR, miR) -- except that at some point, it
began to be pronounced and spelt <r> after a dental consonant, e.g.
Knutr.
I'm not sure how the <> would be. I wonder if there are any
examples from Elder Futhark insriptions of a later time. The Proto
Norse inscriptions in the Elder Futhark had no need of this sound.
A later Younger F. inscription fromn Sweden (Husby-Lyhundra) has
<y>: bryþr = brðr.
Llama Nom
--- In
norse_course@yahoogroups.com, Fred and Grace Hatton
<hatton@...> wrote:
> My husband has made me a lovely wooden bowl and would like to
carve
> runes in the Younger Futhark around the edge.
>
> I thought these lines from the Havamal would be nice, but I need
help
> turning it into runes. I never know where the capital R form goes
> instead of the other "r" form. Do I use R at the ends of the
following
> two words?
>
> Mildir frknir
> menn bazt lifa
> sjaldan sút ala
>
> Also which rune do I use for the ? Do I only use one "n" for menn?
> Am guessing I need to use "i" for the j in sjaldan?
>
> Then I want to add:
> þisar runar rist Frid - - guessing that would be the closest to
his
> name. Again I have the same problem of not knowing which "r" to
use.
> Worse yet, do I double the "r" at the beginning and end of runar
or
> should there be only one "r" at the end of þisar and begining of
runar
> and at the end of runar and beginning of rist - - þ i s a R u n a
R i s t???
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Grace
>
>
>
> Fred & Grace Hatton
> Hawley, Pa.