Re: futhark

--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "llama_nom" <600cell@...> wrote:

> --- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, Michael <oydman@> wrote:

>> I've noticed that there is no "W" or "V" in many versions of the
>> runes either... I'm not entirely sure how the word Víkingr would
>> be spelled in the Younger Futhark!

> In the Younger Futhark, the úr-rune was used where normalised Old
> Norse texts have 'v'. The word 'víkingr' occurs in various
> spellings: UIKIK and UIKINK are the most common. Also UIKIG, in
> runerows which have distinct symbols for voiced stops.

The word was also a masculine personal name, so various runic
spellings can be found in the Runnamn Lexikon at
<http://www.sofi.se/1765>:

Nominative: uikigr, uikikr, uikikR, uikinkr
Genitive: uikiks
Accusative: uikik, uikika, uikink

(Here <R> is the conventional representation of the last rune in
early versions of the younger futhark, representing the sound into
which Proto-Germanic *z developed on its way to Old Norse /r/.)

Anyone who's curious about the runes and their various developments
might enjoy taking a look at Arild Hauge's site at
<http://www.arild-hauge.com/eindex.htm>.

Brian