![]() ![]() Tü rikiað ar þit oh mahtan oh harlihheten i ewihhet. Oh inleð os ikkie i frestalsan utan frels ![]() Oh forlat os uora skuldar so som oh ui forlate þem os skuüldihi are. Skie þin uilie so som i himmalan so oh bo iordanne. Sample text - Lord's Prayer in Old Norse (Runic alphabet - Futhark)įaðer uor som ast i himlüm, halgað warðe þit nama. Thanks to Niklas Dougherty for some of the information on this page. These runes were used in Gothenburg in Sweden.Īfter the arrival of Christianity in Scandinavia, the Runic alphabet was Latinised and was used occasionally, mainly for decoration, until 1850. Three slightly different versions of the alphabet developed in Denmark, Norway and Sweden - the first row of runes are the Danish ones, the second row are the Norwegian ones, and the third row are the Swedish ones, which are also known as Short-twig or Rök Runes. It was the main alphabet in Norway, Sweden and Denmark throughout the Viking Age, but was largely though not completely replaced by the Latin alphabet by about 1200 as a result of the conversion of most of Scandinavia to Christianity. Younger Futhark or "Normal Runes" gradually evolved Elder Futhark over a period of many years and stabilized by about 800 A.D., the beginning of the Viking Age. The letter k is also called kēnaz (torch) or The names of the letters are shown in Common Germanic, the reconstructed ancestor of all Germanic languages.Įlder Futhark is also known as Fuþark, Older Futhark, Old Futhark or Germanic Futhark. Other versions probably developed from it. There are a number of different Runic alphabets including:Įlder Futhark is thought to be the oldest version of the Runic alphabet, and was used in the parts of Europe which were home to Germanic peoples, including Scandinavia. Objects also somtimes had names carved onto them – either the name of the object itself, or the name of the person who owned it.
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