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Codex Sangallensis 878 — contains a presentation of Anglo-Saxon runes; Codex Vindobonensis 795 — contains a description of Anglo-Saxon runes; Cotton Domitian A.IX — lists runes with their names; Cotton Otho B.x.165 — contained the Old English rune poem before being destroyed in a fire; Cotton Vitellius A.XII — lists runes in ...
The 5th-century Undley bracteate is considered the earliest known Anglo-Frisian inscription. The 8th-century Franks Casket, preserved during the Middle Ages in Brioude, central France, exhibits the longest coherent inscriptions in Anglo-Saxon runes by far, including five alliterating long-lines, qualifying as the oldest preserved Anglo-Saxon ...
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 ...
Pages in category "Anglo-Saxon runes" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The runes are written from right to left with the orientation of the runes going in the same direction, but the last words outside the runic band have the usual left-right orientation. [9] It can be dated to the first half of the 11th century because of its use of the ansuz rune for the a and æ phonemes, and because of its lack of dotted runes.
The final two are Eh (the name is from Anglo-Saxon Futhork, the shape like Younger Futhark Ar) and Gibor (the name similar to Anglo-Saxon Futhork Gyfu, but in shape similar to a Wolfsangel symbol). Karl Maria Wiligut in 1934 developed a rune row loosely based on List's Armanen runes, even though Wiligut rejected List's runes and his overall ...
The Ear ᛠ rune of the Anglo-Saxon futhorc is a late addition to the alphabet. It is, however, still attested from epigraphical evidence, notably the Thames scramasax, and its introduction thus cannot postdate the 9th century.
Laguz or *Laukaz is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the l-rune ᛚ, *laguz meaning "water" or "lake" and *laukaz meaning "leek". In the Anglo-Saxon rune poem , it is called lagu " ocean ". In the Younger Futhark , the rune is called lögr " waterfall " in Icelandic and logr "water" in Norse.