Comments on: Futhorc: Anglo-Saxon Runes

By: Torin Saille

Torin Saille — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:01:56 +0000

@Debra Pendergast
The name Ryan is spelled with the “I” rune because runes are written phonetically. Runes also do not make use of double letters in most cases; proper nouns such as some titles(as of books) or places(only ones where lack of double letter usage would create confusion, and clearly this is objective) may use double letters. Also not mentioned above, the rune words when written can(but do not have to be) separated with one dot between words and two dots(resembling a colon) between sentences or paragraphs. For example, “book” is written “bok”.
@ J Kane
futhorc and futhark are two separate writing systems. Futhorc has retained its letters and remained virtually the same, with the exception of the added letters. Futhark, contrastingly, was influenced into two distinct writing systems: Elder Futhark(still used in some Pagan religions today) and Younger Futhark(which has letters similar to some in Futhorc and seems to be a blending of it and Elder Futhark).

By: Debra Pendergast

Debra Pendergast — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:57:24 +0000

Is the name RYAN spelled with the Y rune or the I rune since it’s pronounced RI (long I) AN?

By: J Kane

J Kane — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:05:11 +0000

I found this helpful in my work (only a brief presentation of runes in a text book about English Language that will probably never reach publication).
I was pleased to see ‘futharc’ as, in my day, we spelt it futhark, despite the runic word cen, with its c. I am encouraged to follow this, and realise things have moved on since my time. Thank you.

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