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characters are
known collectively as the
****horc (ᚠᚢᚦᚩᚱᚳ,
fuþorc) from the
sound values of the
first six runes. The
****horc was a
development from the
older co-Germanic...
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runic alphabets are the
Elder ****hark (c. AD 150–800), the Anglo-Saxon
****horc (400–1100), and the
Younger ****hark (800–1100). The
Younger ****hark is...
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during the 5th
century used a
runic alphabet known as the Anglo-Saxon
****horc. The Old
English Latin alphabet was
adopted from the 7th century onward—and...
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Frisians instead extended it,
giving rise to the Anglo-Saxon
****horc. Both the Anglo-Saxon
****horc and the
Younger ****hark
remained in use
during the Early...
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underwent changes in the
medieval runic alphabets. In the Anglo-Saxon
****horc it
retained its shape, but
became otiose as it
ceased to
represent any...
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symbols instead of runes. The k-rune ᚲ (Younger ****hark ᚴ, Anglo-Saxon
****horc ᚳ) is
called Kaun in both the
Norwegian and
Icelandic rune poems, meaning...
- of the h-rune ᚺ,
meaning "hail" (the precipitation). In the Anglo-Saxon
****horc, it is
continued as hægl, and, in the
Younger ****hark, as ᚼ hagall. The...
- The Anglo-Saxon
****horc faithfully preserved all
Elder ****horc staves, but ****igned new
sound values to the
redundant ones,
****horc ēoh
expressing a...
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represents the o and œ
phonemes in the
Elder ****hark and the Anglo-Saxon
****horc writing systems respectively. Its name is
derived from the reconstructed...
- rune
survives in the Anglo-Saxon
****horc as ᛇ Ēoh or Īh "yew" (note that ᛖ eoh "horse" has a
short diphthong). In
****horc inscriptions Ēoh
appears as both...
