ᛏᛖᚱᛗᛋ ᚩᚠ ᚢᛋᛖ

These pages are set in the Anglo Saxon Futhorc, letter for letter, so they can be read back into English. Single runes stand in for the digraphs TH, NG, EA, AE, EO, IO and OE. Following Old English practice, C serves for K, F serves for V, CW serves for Q, and Eolh serves for X and Z.

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What this site is

Teach us the Runes offers study notes, poem stanzas rendered from the Old English, and contemplative reflections on the runes of the Anglo Saxon Futhorc. It is offered freely for learning and for quiet thought.

This is not professional advice

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On the misuse of these symbols

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