Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The common Germanic runic alphabet.
- n. The Old English runic alphabet.
Wiktionary
Etymologies
- From the first six letters of the alphabet, ᚠ ᚢ ᚦ ᚨ ᚱ ᚲ (f u þ a r k). (Wiktionary)
- From the first six letters of the alphabet: f, u, th, a, r, k (or c). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The Scandinavians used something different called futhark.”
“Hence the letter collection was known as futhark, futhark, futhorc, or futhork.”
“On one side was etched the complete, sixteen-character short-twig runic alphabet or futhark, the style of which dates it to the earliest Norse settlements.”
“Yes, and English is written with the Roman alphabet, not with the Anglo-Saxon futhark.”
“How many know what the futhark is, and how it differs from the futhorc?”
“The symbols seemed to be a standard version of the futhark, the Norse runic alphabet named for its first six letters.”
“It looks like the futhark symbol for the letter F, with the arms angled up on the right side, only here it's got three arms instead of two and it's repeated symmetrically on the other side.”
“As the alphabet moved north and the futhark moved south, it was inevitable that they meet.”
“It was not content with merely winning, it tried to utterly destroy futhark.”
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Wonders of the word
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Verba volant, Scripta manent
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johnmperry also see younger futhark Jul 21, 2008
johnmperry also fuþark Jul 21, 2008