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Algiz (also Elhaz) is the name conventionally given to the "''z''-rune" of the Elder Futhark runic alphabet. Its transliteration is ''z'', understood as a phoneme of the Proto-Germanic language, the terminal ''*z'' continuing Proto-Indo-European language, Proto-Indo-European terminal ''*s'' via Verner's law. It is one of two runes which express a phoneme that does not occur word-initially, and thus could not be named Acrophony, acrophonically, the other being the ''Å‹''-rune Ingwaz rune, Ingwaz . As the terminal ''*-z'' phoneme marks the nominative singular suffix of masculine nouns, the rune occurs comparatively frequently in Elder Futhark inscriptions, early epigraphy. Because this specific phoneme was lost at an early time, the Elder Futhark rune underwent changes in the medieval runic alphabets. In the Anglo-Saxon runes, Anglo-Saxon futhorc it retained its shape, but became otiose as it ceased to represent any sound in an Old English. However, possibly due to runic manuscr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ur (rune)
Ur is the recorded name for the Runes, rune in both Old English and Old Norse, found as the second rune in all futharks (runic alphabets starting with F, U, Þ, Ą, R, K), i.e. the Elder Futhark, Germanic Elder Futhark, the Anglo-Saxon runes, Anglo-Frisian Futhark and the Younger Futhark, Norse Younger Futhark, with continued use in the later medieval runes, early modern runes and Dalecarlian runes. It corresponds to the letter u in the Latin alphabet, but also carries other sound values, especially in Younger Futhark, were its sound values correspond to the vowels: , , and etc., and the consonants: and etc., in the Latin alphabet. Character The character ᚢ may have been derived from the Old Italic scripts, as such features various characters corresponding to Elder Futhark, elder runes, including both upside and downside characters for Upsilon (/u, y/): , , specifically the Rhaetic, East Rhaetic alphabet from the Magrè-region of north-east Italy, which primarily used t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medieval Runes
The medieval runes, or the futhork, was a Scandinavian runic alphabet that evolved from the Younger Futhark after the introduction of ''stung'' (or ''dotted'') runes at the end of the Viking Age. These stung runes were regular runes with the addition of either a dot diacritic or bar diacritic to indicate that the rune stood for one of its secondary sounds (so an i rune could become an e rune or a j rune when stung). The medieval futhork was fully formed in the early 13th century. Due to the expansion of its character inventory, it was essentially possible to have each character in an inscription correspond to only one phoneme, something which was virtually impossible in Younger Futhark with its small inventory of 16 runes.Enoksen 1998:137 Medieval runes were in use throughout Scandinavia during the Middle Ages, and provided the basis for runology beginning in the 16th century. History Towards the end of the 11th century, the runic alphabet met competition from the introduced La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
