Heil!

Long time lurker, very rare poster on this list, but
this touches on my specialty :-)

Using bjarkan (the b-rune) to represent a "p" sound is
certainly in keeping with standard usage. The "peace
symbol r," or ýr, is used to represent the final -R
whereas reið, the R shaped rune would normally be used
to represent a medial "r" as in "garn". Also, the
k-rune kaun would normally be used for the initial
"g". And yes, normally double letters are represented
by a single rune.

So a typical way of rendering "spinn garn" in the
Younger Futhark would be sól-bjarkan-íss-nauð and
kaun-ár-reið-nauð

Although áss/óss could be used rather than ár to
represent the "a" sound, ár would be more typical.

Hope I haven't further confused the issue for you.

In frith,
Fróði

--- Fred and Grace Hatton <hatton@...>
wrote:

> If I want to use the Younger Futhark to spell out
> spinn garn on some
> clay drop-spindle whorls, do I use the "B" character
> for "p" and also,
> do I use the "peace symbol r" or the large character
> that looks like R
> in garn? My guess is the peace symbol one. Also I
> only need put one
> "n" in spinn, right?
> TIA
> Grace
> --
>
> Fred & Grace Hatton
> Hawley, Pa.

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