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Definition of Futhorc

Futhorc
Futhorc Fu"thorc Futhork Fu"thork, n. [Written also futharc, futhark.] The Runic alphabet; -- so called from the six letters f, u, [thorn] (th), o (or a), r, c (=k). The letters are called Runes and the alphabet bears the name Futhorc from the first six letters. --I. Taylor. Note: The spelling futharc represents most accurately the original values of these six Runic letters.

Meaning of Futhorc from wikipedia

- characters are known collectively as the ****horc (ᚠᚢᚦᚩᚱᚳ, fuþorc) from the sound values of the first six runes. The ****horc was a development from the older co-Germanic...
- ⟨f⟩, ⟨u⟩, ⟨þ⟩/⟨th⟩, ⟨a⟩, ⟨r⟩, and ⟨k⟩. The Anglo-Saxon variant is ****horc, or fuþorc, due to changes in Old English of the sounds represented by the fourth...
- underwent changes in the medieval runic alphabets. In the Anglo-Saxon ****horc it retained its shape, but became otiose as it ceased to represent any...
- The Anglo-Saxon ****horc faithfully preserved all Elder ****horc staves, but ****igned new sound values to the redundant ones, ****horc ēoh expressing a...
- of the h-rune ᚺ, meaning "hail" (the precipitation). In the Anglo-Saxon ****horc, it is continued as hægl, and, in the Younger ****hark, as ᚼ hagall. The...
- consonants. The English language itself was first written in the Anglo-Saxon ****horc runic alphabet, in use from the 5th century. This alphabet was brought...
- symbols instead of runes. The k-rune ᚲ (Younger ****hark ᚴ, Anglo-Saxon ****horc ᚳ) is called Kaun in both the Norwegian and Icelandic rune poems, meaning...
- of Gallehus, Seeland-II-C). The Younger ****hark Sol and the Anglo-Saxon ****horc Sigel runes are identical in shape, a rotated version of the later Elder...
- comprises the twenty-eight letters of the Anglo-Saxon runic alphabet or ****horc. The inscription on the right, separated from the other by a herringbone...
- on his sword and twice say the name "Týr" - the name of the Tiwaz rune. ****horc m****cripts give different names to the t-rune. Sangallensis 270 (9th century)...