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  2. Anglo-Saxon runes - Wikipedia

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    The coffin is also an example of an object created at the heart of the Anglo-Saxon church that uses runes. A leading expert, Raymond Ian Page , rejects the assumption often made in non-scholarly literature that runes were especially associated in post-conversion Anglo-Saxon England with Anglo-Saxon paganism or magic.

  3. Old English rune poem - Wikipedia

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    The Old English rune poem, dated to the 8th or 9th century, has stanzas on 29 Anglo-Saxon runes. It stands alongside younger rune poems from Scandinavia, which record the names of the 16 Younger Futhark runes.

  4. Category:Anglo-Saxon runes - Wikipedia

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    Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Anglo-Saxon runes" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 ...

  5. Rune poem - Wikipedia

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    Rune poems are poems that list the letters of runic alphabets while providing an explanatory poetic stanza for each letter. Four different poems from before the mid-20th century have been preserved: the Anglo-Saxon Rune Poem, the Norwegian Rune Poem, the Icelandic Rune Poem and the Swedish Rune Poem.

  6. Rune - Wikipedia

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    The maðr rune is found regularly in Icelandic manuscripts, the fé rune somewhat less frequently, whilst in Anglo-Saxon manuscripts the runes mon, dæg, wynn and eþel are all used on occasion. These are some of the most functional of the rune names, occurring relatively often in written language, unlike the elusive peorð , for example, which ...

  7. File:Anglosaxonrunes.svg - Wikipedia

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    Contains all 34 runes in the Anglo-Saxon Fuþorc, their names, meanings, and values in the Latin alphabet.Image created by me. Contains all 34 runes in the Anglo-Saxon File usage

  8. Gyfu - Wikipedia

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    In addition to gyfu, the Anglo-Saxon futhorc has the gār rune ᚸ , named after a species of medieval spear. It is attested epigraphically on the Ruthwell Cross, and also appears in 11th-century manuscript tradition. Phonetically, gār represents the /g/ sound. It is a modification of the plain gyfu rune ᚷ.

  9. Runic inscriptions - Wikipedia

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    While the Nordic bracteates are jewelry imitating Roman gold coins, there were a number of actual coins (currency) in Anglo-Saxon England inscribed with runes, notably the coins from Kent, inscribed with pada, æpa and epa (early 7th century). There are a number of Christian inscriptions from the time of Christianization. St.