Meaning of futhark | Babel Free

Definitioner

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.

Exempel

“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.

“Då [Oden] hade hängt i [världs]trädet [Yggdrasil] 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.

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