futhark

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See also: Futhark, fuþark, and Fuþark

English

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Etymology

From the first six letters of the runic alphabet, (f), (u), (þ), (a), (r), (k).

Pronunciation

Noun

futhark (plural futharks)

  1. The Germanic runic alphabet; especially specifically the Elder or Younger futhark alphabet (of Scandinavia and the European mainland), as contrasted with the Anglo-Saxon futhorc.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From the first six letters of the runic alphabet, (f), (u), (þ), (a), (r), (k).

Pronunciation

Noun

futhark m or n (definite singular futharken or futharket, indefinite plural futharkar or futhark, definite plural futharkane or futharka)

  1. a futhark

Swedish

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Noun

futhark c

  1. futhark
    • 1936, Ivar Lo-Johansson, Statarna I, Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, archived from the original on 2025-03-11, page 268:
      Som barn lekte vi vid en runsten. Aldrig betraktade vi runstenen annat än som en sten. Blinda stirrade vi upp på dess ålderdomliga, oläsliga futhark av mossiga runor.
      As children we played by a runestone. We never thought of the runestone as anything other than a stone. Blindly we stared up at its ancient, illegible futhark of mossy runes.
    • 2024 July 30, “Gudar”, in Nordiska Asa-samfundet, archived from the original on 2024-10-03:
      Då hade hängt i trädet i nio dagar och nätter, utan mat och vatten , så uppenbarade sig futharken för honom.
      When Odin had hung in the world tree Yggdrasil for nine days and nights, without food and water, the futhark was revealed to him.

Declension

Declension of futhark
nominative genitive
singular indefinite futhark futharks
definite futharken futharkens
plural indefinite futharker futharkers
definite futharkerna futharkernas

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