I’m kinda new to runes. I’m focusing on Anglo-Saxon runes, but I don’t think that affects my question. Anyway, I’ve seen three different punctuation marks used now, and I’m not quite sure that I understand. What’s the difference between ᛫​ and ᛬​ and ᛭​ ?

I’ve seen in various sources that there are about 100 surviving runic inscriptions in Iceland, but I’ve not come across a list of where these can be seen. I have an upcoming trip to Iceland, and would like to search some out. Does anyone have a reference that lists where these inscriptions are?

Hey all. I’m not sure if this is the best place to post, so sorry if it’s inappropriate. I’m looking for an Icelandic rune that would mean feminine, or feminine power. I can’t seem to find any and not sure if Devine Energy or Creation would be a good substitute.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

Some sources, including this one https://www.arild-hauge.com/esecreter.htm tell us that there are cryptic runes. Can anyone explain this, or at least provide me with a more detailed/grounded source on this?

I'm a 17 year old student from the Netherlands new to Runology. I've been reading various papers, and there seems to be a seperation, because one might say that it was derived from Greek scripture, but another suggests that it came from germanic people who were mercenary for the Roman empire and brought its scripture home. Can anyone help me support either claim?

Which character is the equivalent of letter D (Δ):

» Runic alphabet | 12 to 25 letters | 1700A (+255) to 1300A (+655)

ᚠ, ᚢ, ᚦ, ᚨ, ᚱ, ᚲ, ᚷ, ᚹ, ᚺ, ᚾ, ᛁ, ᛃ, ᛈ, ᛇ, ᛉ, ᛊ, ᛏ, ᛒ, ᛖ, ᛗ, ᛚ, ᛜ, ᛞ, ᛟ, 🌲

In either elder or younger futhrak please!
The Phrase "Broken people fix Broken people".

Thanks in advance :))

My dog’s name was Odin. Both missing same eye. I really felt what Arteus was going through when he lost fenrir. I know it may sound lame but I really wanted to get "Sona Upp frá bessu Sona heõan Sofna" and didn’t know if someone could make sure I got it done correctly?

Any help would be appreciated

The Morton Strap End ᛗᚣᚾ, The Norfolk Bracteate ᚹᚫᚫᛏ, why is there just nothing written on the whole internet about a lot of these things in the corpus?

Is no one studying them? Is all of the information locked behind a paywall and thus inaccessible via regular search engines?

https://preview.redd.it/ty1g5jxa17ad1.png?width=3080&format=png&auto=webp&s=d838484a80dacc5a299fd7b7255cc9490043b045

DM me if you can help.

I've been thinking about this ever since I heard of the idea. I haven't yet read about the evidence for it yet (I have requested the Elmer Antonsen book from an inter library loan but haven't heard back yet), but it does seem to make sense.

Because at least in Old English, this /æ/ vowel moved up to something more like /e:/. This is why you always see old TRAP words that are now pronounced like FACE words.

Also, if ᛇ was originally æ, it makes sense with ᚨ originally being further back. So in English, ᛇ moves up and ᚨ moves to the front.

I'm just thinking aloud, but what do you all think about this idea for ᛇ?

For example, ᚷ made a /g/ primarily and only sometimes makes a /j/. They make ᚸ and give it the original primary sound of ᚷ.

Why not let ᚷ keep the original sound and then give the new rune the new sound? My only thought on it is that they felt like they couldn't stop people from changing the sound of an existing rune. Because everything is so decentralized. So it's like "okay, if you're going to change the sound of that rune, let's at least have a rune that keeps the old sound".