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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>The Anglo-Frisian runic row was a 28-type further development of the 24-type <a href="/facts/Elder_Futhark/9KfAExKa">Elder Futhark</a> (type = number of runes), introducing more runes and reworking some existing runes to fit the period language. Starting from around the 5th century, it was used in <a href="/facts/British_Isles/4fBquvMU">Britain</a> and <a href="/facts/Frisia/0CTIG8Qr">Frisia</a> as part of the diffuse <a href="/facts/Anglo-Frisian_languages/hN398Vyo">Anglo-Frisian</a> cultured sphere. Around the 8th century, runic writing disappears from Frisia, but use continues in Britain. </p><p>In the 9th century, the now Anglo-Saxon runic row, was further developed and more runes were introduced, eventually becoming a 33-type runic row with some further unstandardized examples of runes existing. In its late stage, it was largely analogous to the Latin script, and disappeared in its favour during the <a href="/facts/High_Middle_Ages/uPRGYdE6">High Middle Ages</a>. </p><p>Usage and commonality is unclear. From at least five centuries of use, fewer than 200 artifacts bearing futhorc inscriptions have survived. </p> <h3>Origin</h3> <p>The origin of the Anglo-Frisian runic row is unknown. There are various theories to its creation. It could have been created in either Frisia or Britain and then exported to the other, alternatively something completely different. One theory proposes that it was developed in <a href="/facts/Frisia/0CTIG8Qr">Frisia</a> and from there later spread to Britain. Another holds that runes were first introduced to Britain from the mainland where they were then modified and exported to Frisia. Both theories have their inherent weaknesses, and a definitive answer may come from further archaeological evidence. </p> <h3>Anglo-Frisian development</h3> <p>The early futhorc was nearly identical to the Elder Futhark, except for the split of <a href="/facts/Ansuz_rune/2rzBIC1P">ᚨ</a> <i>a</i> into three variants ᚪ <i>āc</i>, ᚫ <i>æsc</i> and ᚩ <i>ōs</i>, resulting in 26 runes. This was done to account for the new phoneme produced by the <a href="/facts/Ingvaeonic_languages/KFgblw9K">Ingvaeonic</a> split of allophones of long and short <i>a</i>. The earliest known instance of the ᚩ <i>ōs</i> rune may be from the 5th century, on the <a href="/facts/Undley_bracteate/bEp3hztm">Undley bracteate</a>. The earliest known instances of the ᚪ <i>āc</i> rune may be from the 6th century, appearing on objects such as the Schweindorf solidus. The double-barred ᚻ <i><a href="/facts/Haglaz/WuAdsUva">hægl</a></i> characteristic of continental inscriptions is first attested as late as 698, on <a href="/facts/St_Cuthbert%2527s_coffin/9ppE0K0h">St Cuthbert's coffin</a>; before that, the single-barred variant was used. </p> <h3>Anglo-Saxon development</h3> <p>In England, outside of the <a href="/facts/Brittonic_languages/9MPYrKUG">Brittonic</a> West Country where evidence of <a href="/facts/Latin/pM3Kge85">Latin</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> and even <a href="/facts/Ogham/5xPwd2Ju">Ogham</a> continued for several centuries, usage of the futhorc expanded. Runic writing in England became closely associated with the Latin scriptoria from the time of Anglo-Saxon Christianization in the 7th century. In some cases, texts would be written in the Latin alphabet, and <a href="/facts/%25C3%259Eorn/dNV0VbG8">þorn</a> and <a href="/facts/%25C7%25B7ynn/FjenrQuh">ƿynn</a> came to be used as extensions of the Latin alphabet. Additionally, in texts such as <a href="/facts/Beowulf/RH8v7yW6">Beowulf</a> and <a href="/facts/The_Exeter_Book/9rRfYapr">The Exeter Book</a>, Anglo-Saxon runes were sometimes used as <a href="/facts/Ideographic_runes/oXHTUYN8">ideographic runes</a> alongside the Latin alphabet to abbreviate words; for example, ᛗ was sometimes used to abbreviate "mann".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> By the time of the Norman Conquest of 1066 it was very rare, and it disappeared altogether a few centuries thereafter. </p><p>Several famous English examples mix runes and Roman script, or <a href="/facts/Old_English/9rsmQG2a">Old English</a> and Latin, on the same object, including the <a href="/facts/Franks_Casket/dNXeg2UD">Franks Casket</a> and <a href="/facts/St_Cuthbert%2527s_coffin/9ppE0K0h">St Cuthbert's coffin</a>; in the latter, three of the names of the <a href="/facts/Four_Evangelists/2rJ6wUE1">Four Evangelists</a> are given in Latin written in runes, but "LUKAS" (<a href="/facts/Saint_Luke/6wFIkqtC">Saint Luke</a>) is in Roman script. The coffin is also an example of an object created at the heart of the Anglo-Saxon church that uses runes. A leading expert, <a href="/facts/R._I._Page/LDVtqghy">Raymond Ian Page</a>, rejects the assumption often made in non-scholarly literature that runes were especially associated in <a href="/facts/Christianisation_of_Anglo-Saxon_England/XBGjIk1K">post-conversion</a> Anglo-Saxon England with <a href="/facts/Anglo-Saxon_paganism/da7PLuac">Anglo-Saxon paganism</a> or magic.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="letters">Letters</h2> <p>The letter sequence and letter inventory of futhorc, along with the actual sounds indicated by those letters, could vary depending on location and time. That being so, an authentic and unified list of runes is not possible. </p> <h3>Rune inventory</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Image</th><th><a href="/facts/Unicode/DDu3MfPV">Unicode</a></th><th>Name</th><th>Name meaning</th><th>Transliteration</th><th><a href="/facts/International_Phonetic_Alphabet/2e7jmUaG">IPA</a></th></tr><tr><td></td><td>ᚠ</td><td><a href="/facts/Fehu/1NuDj038">feh (feoh)</a></td><td>wealth, cattle</td><td>f</td><td>/f/, [v] (word-medial allophone of /f/)</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ᚢ</td><td><a href="/facts/Ur_(rune)/QGEfo100">ur (ūr)</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Aurochs/HnJHxa12">aurochs</a></td><td>u</td><td>/u(:)/</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ᚦ</td><td><a href="/facts/Thurisaz/or9oCFvl">ðorn (þorn)</a></td><td>thorn</td><td>þ</td><td><a href="/facts/%2f%25CE%25B8%2f/hmQpb6pI">/θ/</a>, <a href="/facts/Voiced_dental_fricative/MTJup6oV">[ð]</a> (word-medial allophone of /θ/)</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ᚩ</td><td><a href="/facts/Ansuz_rune/2rzBIC1P">os (ōs)</a></td><td><a href="/facts/List_of_Anglo-Saxon_deities/PCJXFfFo">heathen god</a> (<i>mouth</i> in rune poem?<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>(p 68))</td><td>o</td><td>/o(:)/<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ᚱ</td><td><a href="/facts/Raido/x77VaYEv">rada (rād)</a></td><td>riding</td><td>r</td><td><a href="/facts/Rhotic_consonant/tcAGzjfP">/r/</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ᚳ</td><td><a href="/facts/Kaunan/LQlFJ9k4">cen (cēn)</a></td><td>torch</td><td>c</td><td>/k/, /kʲ/, <a href="/facts/%2ft%25CA%2583%2f/14FYMJvN">/tʃ/</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ᚷ</td><td><a href="/facts/Gyfu/Hnp95BJX">geofu (gyfu)</a></td><td>gift</td><td>g</td><td>/ɡ/, <a href="/facts/Voiced_velar_fricative/ESy9fy1G">[ɣ]</a> (word-medial allophone of /ɡ/), /j/</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ᚹ</td><td><a href="/facts/%25C7%25B7ynn/FjenrQuh">wyn (wynn)</a></td><td>joy</td><td>w</td><td>/w/</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ᚻ<i> / </i>ᚺ</td><td><a href="/facts/Haglaz/WuAdsUva">hægil (hægl)</a></td><td>hail</td><td>h</td><td>/h/, <a href="/facts/Voiceless_velar_fricative/mrKPhobk">[x]</a>, <a href="/facts/Voiceless_palatal_fricative/I3pUoxSq">[ç]</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ᚾ</td><td><a href="/facts/Naudiz/41qmrYu9">næd (nēod)</a></td><td>plight</td><td>n</td><td>/n/</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ᛁ</td><td><a href="/facts/Isaz/2TfJWKeY">is (īs)</a></td><td>ice</td><td>i</td><td>/i(:)/</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ᛡ<i> / </i>ᛄ</td><td><a href="/facts/J%25C4%2593ran/egPfDMM5">gær (gēar)</a></td><td>year</td><td>j</td><td><a href="/facts/%2fj%2f/v0NVCbUh">/j/</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ᛇ</td><td><a href="/facts/Eihwaz/8CnbTVCS">ih (īw)</a></td><td>yew tree</td><td>ï</td><td>/i(:)/ <a href="/facts/Voiceless_velar_fricative/mrKPhobk">[x]</a>, <a href="/facts/Voiceless_palatal_fricative/I3pUoxSq">[ç]</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ᛈ</td><td><a href="/facts/Peor%25C3%25B0/W4ey0ksL">peord (peorð)</a></td><td>(unknown<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a>(pp 70–71))</td><td>p</td><td>/p/</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ᛉ</td><td><a href="/facts/Algiz/InyWsrnC">ilcs (eolh?)</a></td><td>(unknown, perhaps a derivative of <i>elk</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a>(p 71))</td><td>x</td><td>(otiose as a sound<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a>(p 41) but still used to transliterate the Latin letter 'X' into runes)</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ᛋ<i> / </i>ᚴ</td><td><a href="/facts/Sowil%25C5%258D/8pv7mKbo">sygil (sigel)</a></td><td>sun (<i>sail</i> in rune poem?)</td><td>s</td><td>/s/, [z] (word-medial allophone of /s/)</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ᛏ</td><td><a href="/facts/Tiwaz_rune/qxvpQP9n">ti (Tīw)</a></td><td>(unknown, originally <i><a href="/facts/Tiwaz/o8nFm2gc">god</a></i>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a>(p 72) <i><a href="/facts/Mars/AQGtVvz0">Planet Mars</a></i> in rune poem?<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a>)</td><td>t</td><td>/t/</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ᛒ</td><td><a href="/facts/Berkanan/DWsX0vzB">berc (beorc)</a></td><td>birch tree</td><td>b</td><td>/b/</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ᛖ</td><td><a href="/facts/Ehwaz/JbmyGstU">eh (eh)</a></td><td>steed</td><td>e</td><td>/e(:)/</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ᛗ</td><td><a href="/facts/Mannaz/LQtosUVy">mon (mann)</a></td><td>man</td><td>m</td><td>/m/</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ᛚ</td><td><a href="/facts/Laukaz/lkskxbwR">lagu (lagu)</a></td><td>body of water (lake)</td><td>l</td><td>/l/</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ᛝ</td><td><a href="/facts/Yngvi/1uD11weF">ing (ing)</a></td><td>Ing (<a href="/facts/Freyr/qhDzJQqu">Ingui-Frea</a>?)</td><td>ŋ</td><td>/ŋg/, <a href="/facts/Voiced_velar_nasal/r6v5q92L">/ŋ/</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ᛟ</td><td><a href="/facts/Odal_rune/0lBABzHd">oedil (ēðel)</a></td><td>inherited land, native country</td><td>œ</td><td>/<a href="/facts/Close-mid_front_rounded_vowel/pNpR6XNS">ø</a>(:)/<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ᛞ</td><td><a href="/facts/Dagaz/cMRRxqzo">dæg (dæg)</a></td><td>day</td><td>d</td><td>/d/</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ᚪ</td><td><a href="/facts/Ansuz_(rune)/2rzBIC1P">ac (āc)</a></td><td>oak tree</td><td>a</td><td><a href="/facts/Open_back_unrounded_vowel/znr1wT5C">/ɑ(:)/</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ᚫ</td><td><a href="/facts/Ansuz_(rune)/2rzBIC1P">æsc (æsc)</a></td><td>ash tree</td><td>æ</td><td><a href="/facts/Near-open_front_unrounded_vowel/YFxhvcEV">/æ(:)/</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ᛠ</td><td><a href="/facts/Ear_(rune)/3uMGp9kE">ear (ēar)</a></td><td>(unknown, perhaps <i>earth</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a>(p 76))</td><td>ea</td><td>/æ(:)ɑ/<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ᚣ</td><td><a href="/facts/Ur_(rune)/QGEfo100">yr (ȳr)</a></td><td>(unknown, perhaps <i>bow</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a>(p 75))</td><td>y</td><td><a href="/facts/Close_front_rounded_vowel/fAyNrUxL">/y(:)/</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The sequence of the runes above is based on <a href="/facts/Codex_Vindobonensis_795/gt3rSo2j">Codex Vindobonensis 795</a>. The first 24 of these runes directly continue the elder futhark letters, and do not deviate in sequence (though ᛞᛟ rather than ᛟᛞ is an attested sequence in both elder futhark and futhorc). The manuscripts <a href="/facts/Codex_Sangallensis_878/PH5WXq1P">Codex Sangallensis 878</a> and <a href="/facts/List_of_manuscripts_in_the_Cotton_library/5Xh40Gg0">Cotton MS Domitian A IX</a> have ᚣ precede ᛠ . </p><p>The names of the runes above are based on Codex Vindobonensis 795, besides the names <i>ing</i> and <i>æsc</i> which come from The Byrhtferth's Manuscript and replace the seemingly corrupted names <i>lug</i> and <i>æs</i> found in Codex Vindobonensis 795. <i>Ti</i> is sometimes named <i>tir</i> or <i>tyr</i> in other manuscripts. The words in parentheses in the name column are standardized spellings. </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Image</th><th><a href="/facts/Universal_Character_Set/7Tn6LPLw">UCS</a></th><th>Name</th><th>Name meaning</th><th>Transliteration</th><th><a href="/facts/International_Phonetic_Alphabet/2e7jmUaG">IPA</a></th></tr><tr><td></td><td>ᛣ</td><td>calc</td><td>chalk? chalice? sandal?</td><td>k</td><td>/k/</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ᚸ</td><td>gar</td><td>spear</td><td>ḡ</td><td>/g/, [ɣ] (word-medial allophone of /g/)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ᛢ</td><td>cweorð</td><td>(unknown)</td><td>q</td><td>/k/? (for writing <a href="/facts/Latin/pM3Kge85">Latin</a>?)</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ᛥ</td><td>stan</td><td>stone</td><td>N/A</td><td>/st/</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>N/A</td><td>(unknown)</td><td>(unknown)</td><td>ę, ᴇ</td><td><a href="/facts/Mid_central_vowel/CCx0wYy3">/ǝ/</a>?</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>N/A</td><td>(unknown)</td><td>(unknown)</td><td>į</td><td>/e(:)o/? /i(:)o/?</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ᛡ</td><td><a href="/facts/J%25C4%2593ran/egPfDMM5">īor</a></td><td>beaver?<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a> eel?</td><td>N/A</td><td>/i(:)o/?</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ᛤ</td><td>(unknown)</td><td>(unknown)</td><td>c̄, k̄</td><td>/k/</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The runes in the second table, above, were not included in Codex Vindobonensis 795: <i>Calc</i> appears in manuscripts, and epigraphically on the <a href="/facts/Ruthwell_Cross/H6JWKQbb">Ruthwell Cross</a>, the <a href="/facts/Bramham_Moor_Ring/EdfwG9RS">Bramham Moor Ring</a>, the <a href="/facts/Kingmoor_Ring/EdfwG9RS">Kingmoor Ring</a>, and elsewhere. Gar appears in manuscripts, and epigraphically on the Ruthwell Cross and probably on the <a href="/facts/Bewcastle_Cross/w0f9avfn">Bewcastle Cross</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a> The unnamed ᛤ rune only appears on the Ruthwell Cross, where it seems to take <i>calc</i>'s place as /k/ where that consonant is followed by a secondary fronted vowel. <i>Cweorð</i> and <i>stan</i> only appear in manuscripts. The unnamed ę rune only appears on the Baconsthorpe Grip. The unnamed į rune only appears on the Sedgeford Handle. While the rune poem and Cotton MS Domitian A IX present ᛡ as <i>ior</i>, and ᛄ as <i>ger</i>, epigraphically both are variants of <i>ger</i> (although ᛄ is only attested once outside of manuscripts (on the Brandon Pin). <a href="/facts/Raymond_Ian_Page/LDVtqghy">R.I. Page</a> designated ior a <a href="/facts/Pseudo-runes/Lknw2btV">pseudo-rune</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a>(pp 45–47) </p><p>There is little doubt that <i>calc</i> and <i>gar</i> are modified forms of <i>cen</i> and <i>gyfu</i>, and that they were invented to address the ambiguity which arose from /k/ and /g/ spawning palatalized offshoots.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a>(pp 41–42) <a href="/facts/Raymond_Ian_Page/LDVtqghy">R.I. Page</a> designated <i>cweorð</i> and <i>stan</i> "pseudo-runes" because they appear pointless, and speculated that <i>cweorð</i> was invented merely to give futhorc an equivalent to 'Q'.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a>(pp 41–42) The ę rune is likely a local innovation, possibly representing an unstressed vowel, and may derive its shape from ᛠ}.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a> The unnamed į rune is found in a personal name (bįrnferþ), where it stands for a vowel or <a href="/facts/Diphthong/K8tWRvsx">diphthong</a>. Anglo-Saxon expert Gaby Waxenberger speculates that į may not be a true rune, but rather a bindrune of ᛁ and ᚩ, or the result of a mistake.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a> </p> <h3>Combinations and digraphs</h3> <p>Various runic combinations are found in the futhorc corpus. For example, the sequence ᚫᚪ appears on the Mortain Casket where ᛠ could theoretically have been used. </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Combination</th><th>IPA</th><th>Word</th><th>Meaning</th><th>Found on</th></tr><tr><td>ᚩᛁ</td><td>/oi/?</td><td>]oin[.]</td><td>(unknown)</td><td>Lindisfarne Stone II</td></tr><tr><td>ᚷᚳ</td><td>~/dʒ/?</td><td>blagcmon</td><td>(personal name)</td><td>Maughold Stone I</td></tr><tr><td>ᚷᚷ</td><td>~/dʒ/</td><td>eggbrect</td><td>(personal name)</td><td>(an armband from the <a href="/facts/Galloway_Hoard/ka2hqUch">Galloway Hoard</a>)</td></tr><tr><td>ᚻᚹ</td><td><a href="/facts/Voiceless_labialized_velar_approximant/XJIjz2fU">/ʍ/</a></td><td>gehwelc</td><td>each</td><td>Honington Clip</td></tr><tr><td>ᚻᛋ</td><td>/ks/</td><td>wohs</td><td>to wax</td><td>Brandon Antler</td></tr><tr><td>ᚾᚷ</td><td>/ŋg/</td><td>hring</td><td>ring</td><td>Wheatley Hill Silver-Gilt Finger-Ring</td></tr><tr><td>ᛁᚷ</td><td>/ij/</td><td>modig</td><td>proud/bold/arrogant</td><td><a href="/facts/Ruthwell_Cross/H6JWKQbb">Ruthwell Cross</a></td></tr><tr><td>ᛇᛋ</td><td>/ks/</td><td>BennaREïs</td><td>king Benna</td><td>(a coin of <a href="/facts/Beonna_of_East_Anglia/d9ra2a7K">Beonna of East Anglia</a>)</td></tr><tr><td>ᛋᚳ</td><td>/sk/, <a href="/facts/Voiceless_postalveolar_fricative/enUwqS2w">/ʃ/</a></td><td>fisc</td><td>fish</td><td><a href="/facts/Franks_Casket/dNXeg2UD">Franks Casket</a></td></tr><tr><td>ᛖᚩ</td><td>/eo/, /eːo/</td><td>eoh</td><td>(personal name)</td><td>Kirkheaton Stone</td></tr><tr><td>ᛖᚷ</td><td>/ej/</td><td>legdun</td><td>laid</td><td>Ruthwell Cross</td></tr><tr><td>ᛖᛇ</td><td>~/ej/, [eʝ]?</td><td>eateïnne</td><td>(personal name)</td><td>Thornhill Stone II</td></tr><tr><td>ᛖᚪ</td><td>/æɑ/, /æːɑ/</td><td>eadbald</td><td>(personal name)</td><td>Santi Marcellino e Pietro al Laterano Graffiti</td></tr><tr><td>ᚪᚢ</td><td>~/ɑu/</td><td>saule</td><td>soul</td><td>Thornhill Stone III</td></tr><tr><td>ᚪᛁ</td><td>/ɑi/</td><td>aib</td><td>(personal name)</td><td>Oostum Comb</td></tr><tr><td>ᚫᚢ</td><td>~/æu/</td><td>dæus</td><td>deus (Latin)</td><td>Whitby Comb</td></tr><tr><td>ᚫᚪ</td><td>/æɑ/, /æːɑ/</td><td>æadan</td><td>(personal name)</td><td>Mortain Casket</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="usage-and-culture">Usage and culture</h2> <p>A rune in Old English could be called a <i>rūnstæf</i> (perhaps meaning something along the lines of "mystery letter" or "whisper letter"), or simply <i>rūn</i>. </p><p>Futhorc inscriptions hold diverse styles and contents. <a href="/facts/Ochre/5ehfU8lA">Ochre</a> has been detected on at least one English <a href="/facts/Runestone/a4J4IEuP">runestone</a>, implying its runes were once painted. <a href="/facts/Bind_rune/hlFDlkNl">Bind runes</a> are common in futhorc (relative to its small corpus), and were seemingly used most often to ensure the runes would fit in a limited space.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a>(pp139, 155) Futhorc <a href="/facts/Logogram/wWYAITGc">logography</a> is attested to in a few manuscripts. This was done by having a rune stand for its name, or a similar sounding word. In the sole extant manuscript of the poem <i><a href="/facts/Beowulf/RH8v7yW6">Beowulf</a></i>, the ēðel rune was used as a logogram for the word ēðel (meaning "homeland", or "estate").<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a>(pp186–199) Both the Hackness Stone and <a href="/facts/Codex_Vindobonensis_795/gt3rSo2j">Codex Vindobonensis 795</a> attest to futhorc <a href="/facts/Cipher_runes/eSGJh9xY">Cipher runes</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a> In one manuscript (Corpus Christi College, MS 041) a writer seems to have used futhorc runes like <a href="/facts/Roman_numerals/7BA8nn78">Roman numerals</a>, writing ᛉᛁᛁ<a href="/facts/Tironian_notes/hcq4y9yL">⁊</a>ᛉᛉᛉᛋᚹᛁᚦᚩᚱ, which likely means "12&30 more".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a> </p><p>There is some evidence of futhorc rune magic. The possibly magical <a href="/facts/Alu_(runic)/AP0TKWaE">alu</a> sequence seems to appear on an urn found at <a href="/facts/Spong_Hill/N4vemRbH">Spong Hill</a> in <i>spiegelrunes</i> (runes whose shapes are mirrored). In a tale from <a href="/facts/Bede/y9yWnIua">Bede's</a> <a href="/facts/Ecclesiastical_History_of_the_English_People/K2rKuKJY"><i>Ecclesiastical History</i></a> (written in Latin), a man named Imma cannot be bound by his captors and is asked if he is using "litteras solutorias" (loosening letters) to break his binds. In one Old English translation of the passage, Imma is asked if he is using "drycraft" (magic, druidcraft) or "runestaves" to break his binds.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a>(pp111–112) Furthermore, futhorc <a href="/facts/Anglo-Saxon_runic_rings/EdfwG9RS">rings</a> have been found with what appear to be enchanted inscriptions for the stanching of blood.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a>(pp93, 112–113) </p> <h2 id="inscription-corpus">Inscription corpus</h2> <p>The Old English and Old Frisian Runic Inscriptions database project at the <a href="/facts/Catholic_University_of_Eichst%25C3%25A4tt-Ingolstadt/2QUCkxnE">Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt</a>, <a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX">Germany</a> aims at collecting the genuine corpus of Old English inscriptions containing more than two runes in its paper edition, while the electronic edition aims at including both genuine and doubtful inscriptions down to single-rune inscriptions. </p><p>The corpus of the paper edition encompasses about one hundred objects (including stone slabs, stone crosses, bones, rings, brooches, weapons, urns, a writing tablet, tweezers, a sun-dial, comb, <a href="/facts/Bracteate/aapM7rX3">bracteates</a>, caskets, a font, dishes, and graffiti). The database includes, in addition, 16 inscriptions containing a single rune, several runic coins, and 8 cases of dubious runic characters (runelike signs, possible Latin characters, weathered characters). Comprising fewer than 200 inscriptions, the corpus is slightly larger than that of Continental Elder Futhark (about 80 inscriptions, c. 400–700), but slightly smaller than that of the Scandinavian Elder Futhark (about 260 inscriptions, c. 200–800). </p><p>Runic finds in England cluster along the east coast with a few finds scattered further inland in Southern England. Frisian finds cluster in <a href="/facts/West_Frisia_(historical)/m7zNKgXm">West Frisia</a>. Looijenga (1997) lists 23 English (including two 7th-century Christian inscriptions) and 21 Frisian inscriptions predating the 9th century. </p> <h3>Frisian</h3> <p>Currently known inscriptions in Anglo-Frisian runes from Frisia include: </p> <ul><li>Ferwerd combcase, 6th century; <i>me uræ</i></li> <li>Amay comb, c. 600; <i>eda</i></li> <li>Oostyn comb, 8th century; <i>aib ka[m]bu / deda habuku</i> (with a triple-barred <i>h</i>)</li> <li>Toornwerd comb, 8th century; <i>kabu</i></li> <li>Skanomodu <a href="/facts/Solidus_(coin)/CwJjrjg6">solidus</a>, 575–610; <i>skanomodu</i></li> <li>Harlingen solidus, 575–625, <i>hada</i> (two <i>ac</i> runes, double-barred <i>h</i>)</li> <li>Schweindorf solidus, 575–625, <i>wela[n]du</i> "Weyland" (or <i>þeladu</i>; running right to left)</li> <li>Folkestone <a href="/facts/Tremissis/mVYYJVDD">tremissis</a>, c. 650; <i>æniwulufu</i></li> <li>Midlum <a href="/facts/Sceat/crWsEMSQ">sceat</a>, c. 750; <i>æpa</i></li> <li>Rasquert swordhandle (whalebone handle of a symbolic sword), late 8th century; <i>ek [u]mædit oka</i>, "I, Oka, not made mad"<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a> (compare <i>ek unwodz</i> from the Danish corpus)</li> <li>Arum sword, a yew-wood miniature sword, late 8th century; <i>edæboda</i></li> <li>Westeremden A, a yew weaving-slay; <i>adujislume[þ]jisuhidu</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Westeremden_yew-stick/dW0Iems0">Westeremden B, a yew-stick</a>, 8th century; <i>oph?nmuji?adaamluþ / :wimœ?ahþu?? / iwio?u?du?ale</i></li> <li>Britsum yew-stick; <i>þkniaberetdud / ]n:bsrsdnu</i>; the <i>k</i> has Younger Futhark shape and probably represents a vowel.</li> <li>Hantum whalebone plate; <i>[.]:aha:k[</i>; the reverse side is inscribed with Roman <i>ABA</i>.</li> <li>Bernsterburen whalebone staff, c. 800; <i>tuda æwudu kius þu tuda</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Hamwic/bgl56mrW">Hamwic</a> horse knucklebone, dated to between 650 and 1025; <i>katæ</i> (categorised as Frisian on linguistic grounds, from <i>*kautōn</i> "knucklebone")</li> <li>Wijnaldum B gold pendant, c. 600; <i>hiwi</i></li> <li>Kantens combcase, early 5th century; <i>li</i></li> <li>Hoogebeintum comb, c. 700; <i>[...]nlu / ded</i></li> <li>Wijnaldum A antler piece; <i>zwfuwizw[...]</i></li></ul> <h3>English</h3> <p>Currently known inscriptions in Anglo-Frisian runes from England include: </p> <ul><li>Ash Gilton (Kent) gilt silver sword pommel, 6th century; <i>[...]emsigimer[...]</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a></li> <li>Chessel Down I (Isle of Wight), 6th century; <i>[...]bwseeekkkaaa</i></li> <li>Chessel Down II (Isle of Wight) silver plate (attached to the scabbard mouthpiece of a ring-sword), early 6th century; <i>æko:[.]ori</i></li> <li>Boarley (Kent) copper disc-brooch, c. 600; <i>ærsil</i></li> <li>Harford (Norfolk) brooch, c. 650; <i>luda:gibœtæsigilæ</i> "Luda repaired the brooch"</li> <li><a href="/facts/West_Heslerton/aw8wClMk">West Heslerton</a> (North Yorkshire) copper cruciform brooch, early 6th century; <i>neim</i></li> <li>Loveden Hill (Lincolnshire) urn; 5th to 6th century; reading uncertain, maybe <i>sïþæbæd þiuw hlaw</i> "the grave of Siþæbæd the maid"</li> <li><a href="/facts/Spong_Hill/N4vemRbH">Spong Hill</a> (Norfolk), three cremation urns, 5th century; decorated with identical runic stamps, reading <i><a href="/facts/Alu_(runic)/AP0TKWaE">alu</a></i> (in <a href="/facts/Spiegelrunen/eSGJh9xY">Spiegelrunen</a>).</li> <li>Kent II coins (some 30 items), 7th century; reading <i>pada</i></li> <li>Kent III, IV silver <a href="/facts/Sceatta/crWsEMSQ">sceattas</a>, c. 600; reading <i>æpa</i> and <i>epa</i></li> <li>Suffolk gold shillings (three items), c. 660; stamped with <i>desaiona</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Caistor-by-Norwich_astragalus/5vfNbm6h">Caistor-by-Norwich astragalus</a>, 5th century; possibly a Scandinavian import, in Elder Futhark transliteration reading <i>raïhan</i> "roe"</li> <li>Watchfield (Oxfordshire) copper fittings, 6th century; Elder Futhark reading <i>hariboki:wusa</i> (with <i>a</i> probably already fronted to <i>æ</i>)</li> <li>Wakerley (Northamptonshire) copper brooch, 6th century; <i>buhui</i></li> <li>Dover (Kent) brooch, c. 600; <i>þd bli / bkk</i></li> <li>Upper Thames Valley gold coins (four items), 620s; <i>benu:tigoii</i>; <i>benu:+:tidi</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Willoughby-on-the-Wolds/1Gpejf81">Willoughby-on-the-Wolds</a> (Nottinghamshire) copper bowl, c. 600; <i>a</i></li> <li>Cleatham (South Humbershire) copper bowl, c. 600; <i>[...]edih</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sandwich%2c_Kent/Bvu500Rj">Sandwich</a>/Richborough (Kent) stone, 650 or earlier; <i>[...]ahabu[...]i</i>, perhaps <i>*ræhæbul</i> "stag"</li> <li>Whitby I (Yorkshire) jet spindle whorl; <i>ueu</i></li> <li>Selsey (West Sussex) gold plates, 6th to 8th centuries; <i>brnrn</i> / <i>anmu</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/St._Cuthbert%2527s_coffin/9ppE0K0h">St. Cuthbert's coffin</a> (Durham), dated to 698</li> <li>Whitby II (Yorkshire) bone comb, 7th century; <i>[dæ]us mæus godaluwalu dohelipæ cy[</i> i.e. <i>deus meus, god aluwaldo, helpæ Cy...</i> "my god, almighty god, help Cy..." (<a href="/facts/Cynewulf/hzf6q0AT">Cynewulf</a> or a similar personal name; compare also <a href="/facts/Names_of_God_in_Old_English_poetry/ThAbgEH6">names of God in Old English poetry</a>.)</li> <li>the <a href="/facts/Franks_casket/dNXeg2UD">Franks casket</a>; 7th century</li> <li>zoomorphic silver-gilt knife mount, discovered in the River Thames near Westminster Bridge (late 8th century)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36"><sup>36</sup></a>(p182)</li> <li>the <a href="/facts/Ruthwell_Cross/H6JWKQbb">Ruthwell Cross</a>; 8th century, the inscription may be partly a modern reconstruction</li> <li>the Brandon antler piece, <i>wohs wildum deoræ an</i> "[this] grew on a wild animal"; 9th century.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37"><sup>37</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Kingmoor_Ring/EdfwG9RS">Kingmoor Ring</a></li> <li>the <a href="/facts/Seax_of_Beagnoth/CQuNAR6X">Seax of Beagnoth</a>; 9th century (also known as the Thames scramasax); the only complete alphabet</li> <li><a href="/facts/Near_Fakenham_plaque/dgX2sz8N">Near Fakenham plaque</a>; 8th-11th century lead plaque interpreted as bearing a healing inscription <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38"><sup>38</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>Related manuscript texts</h3> <ul><li>Codex Sangallensis 270 — lists runes with their names, and explains how to use certain rune ciphers</li> <li><a href="/facts/Codex_Sangallensis_878/PH5WXq1P">Codex Sangallensis 878</a> — contains a presentation of Anglo-Saxon runes</li> <li><a href="/facts/Codex_Vindobonensis_795/gt3rSo2j">Codex Vindobonensis 795</a> — contains a description of Anglo-Saxon runes</li> <li>Cotton Domitian A.IX — lists runes with their names</li> <li>Cotton Otho B.x.165 — contained the <a href="/facts/Old_English_rune_poem/hM1PsaXU">Old English rune poem</a> before being destroyed in a fire</li> <li>Cotton Vitellius A.XII — lists runes in alphabetical order</li> <li><a href="/facts/Byrhtferth/jpTS2LkR">MS Oxford St. John's College 17</a> — contains a <a href="http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/ms-17/folio.php?p=5v">"table of runic, cryptographic, and exotic alphabets"</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Elder_Futhark/9KfAExKa">Elder Futhark</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_runestones/4SAKcEPt">List of runestones</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ogham/5xPwd2Ju">Ogham</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Old_English_Latin_alphabet/WRGTEmps">Old English Latin alphabet</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Runic_alphabet/NxdzMS8E">Runic alphabet</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Younger_Futhark/cVcDDaab">Younger Futhark</a></li></ul> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <ul><li>Bammesberger, A, ed. (1991), "Old English Runes and their Continental Background", <i>Anglistische Forschungen</i>, 217, Heidelberg.</li> <li>——— (2006), "Das Futhark und seine Weiterentwicklung in der anglo-friesischen Überlieferung", in Bammesberger, A; Waxenberger (eds.), <i>Das </i>fuþark<i> und seine einzelsprachlichen Weiterentwicklungen</i>, Walter de Gruyter, pp. 171–87, <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-3-11-019008-3.</li> <li>Hines, J (1990), "The Runic Inscriptions of Early Anglo-Saxon England", in Bammesberger, A (ed.), <i>Britain 400–600: Language and History</i>, Heidelberg: C. Winter, pp. 437–56.</li> <li>Kilpatrick, K (2013), <i>Latin, Runes and Pseudo-Ogham: The Enigma of the Hackness Stone</i>, pp. 1–13</li> <li>J. H. Looijenga, <i><a href="http://dissertations.ub.rug.nl/faculties/arts/1997/j.h.looijenga/">Runes around the North Sea and on the Continent AD 150–700</a></i>, dissertation, Groningen University (1997).</li> <li>Odenstedt, Bengt, <i>On the Origin and Early History of the Runic Script</i>, Uppsala (1990), <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 91-85352-20-9; chapter 20: 'The position of continental and Anglo-Frisian runic forms in the history of the older <i>futhark</i> '</li> <li><a href="/facts/Raymond_Ian_Page/LDVtqghy">Page, Raymond Ian</a> (1999). <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=SgpriZdKin0C"><i>An Introduction to English Runes</i></a>. Woodbridge: <a href="/facts/Boydell_Press/0QSPURFP">Boydell Press</a>. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-85115-768-9.</li> <li>Middleton & Tum, Andrew & Julia (2006). <i>Radiography of Cultural Material</i>. Elsevier. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-7506-6347-2.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Orrin_W._Robinson_(philologist)/AxwGHtQ3">Robinson, Orrin W</a> (1992). <a href="https://archive.org/details/oldenglishitsclo0000robi"><i>Old English and its Closest Relatives: A Survey of the Earliest Germanic Languages</i></a>. Stanford University Press. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-8047-1454-9.</li> <li><i>Frisian runes and neighbouring traditions</i>, Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik 45 (1996).</li> <li>H. Marquardt, <i>Die Runeninschriften der Britischen Inseln</i> (Bibliographie der Runeninschriften nach Fundorten, Bd. I), Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen, Phil.-hist. Klasse, dritte Folge, Nr. 48, Göttingen 1961, pp. 10–16.</li></ul> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li>Looijenga, Tineke (September 2003). <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tineke-Looijenga/e/B001JXLAEM"><i>Texts & Contexts of the Oldest Runic Inscriptions (Northern World, 4)</i></a>. Brill. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-9004123960.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li>Frisia Coast Trail (2023), <a href="https://frisiacoasttrail.blog/2023/11/12/scratching-runes-is-no-different-from-spraying-your-tag-on-a-piece/">Scratching runes was not much different from spraying tags</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/19970614202945/http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/library/oe/texts/runic-index.html">Anglo-Saxon Runic Texts at Georgetown Univ</a></li> <li><a href="http://irs.ub.rug.nl/ppn/163895791">Early Runic Inscriptions in England</a></li> <li><a href="https://finds.org.uk/">Portable Antiquities Scheme (has information on runic artefacts from England)</a></li> <li><a href="http://vcg.isti.cnr.it/cross/">Presenter: The Ruthwell Cross (3D rendering of the Ruthwell Cross)</a></li> <li><a href="https://archive.org/details/Byrhtferths_Saint_Johns_College_Oxford_MS.17/Ms15-oxford009.jpg">The Byrhtferth's Manuscript</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Ancient Writing Discovered at Tintagel Castle". 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