✓3A.1 & 3A.2 - Runes and picture stones Flashcards
Hlutapróf 1
We find runes mostly in…
wood, metals, bone and clay
The words of Runa means
secrecy, something whispered
What is fuþark?
form of the runic alphabets.
today, there are 3 corpora, one each for
Norway, Sweden & Denmark
Explain the Older fuþark
It was in use until the 6th century. You have 3 so-called families or ættir with 8 runes each. we also have some runic names which rise from the acrophonic principle (names begin with the sound represented by the rune)
ᚦ - thyth - þurisaz
ogre
(first ætt)
ᚨ - aza - ansuz
heathen god
(first ætt)
ᛃ - gaar - jēran
year, harvest
(second ætt)
ᛊ - sugil - sōwilō
sun
(second ætt)
ᛏ - tyz - Tīwaz
the god Týr, glory, victory
(third ætt)
ᛜ - enguz - Ingwaz
the (royal?) god Ing
(third ætt)
ᛟ - utal - ōþilan
homeland, ancestral property
Explain the younger fuþark
It is from the 6th century onward. It has only 1 ætt við 6 runes and 2 ættir with 5 runes each. There we lost for instance homeland.
Þ - þurs
ogre
(first ætt)
ᚭ - áss
heathen god
(first ætt)