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Coding Runic Inscriptions

My Rune Coding ring reworked to contrast Anglosaxon runic versions of the Elder Futhark Runes to the Viking ones. Also my earlier version did not show that Roman Alphabet C Character can be coded as either a K or S sound depending on the phonetics of the word being transcribed.

The Three ring have Anglosaxon Runes on the outer ring and Earlier Viking Runes on the Inner two Coding rings, the first gives Runic Characters arranged to match the Roman Alphabet and the innermost ring gives Roman Characters to match the Elder Futhark (Runic Alphabet). Both Innermost and Outermost rings are arranged in the same Elder Futhark order.

In the Center is the Wyrd Web consisting of 9 Staves. Contained within the outer vertical staves of the Web is the Wyrd Rune which contains all runes. Wyrd is a concept in Anglo-Saxon culture roughly corresponding to fate or personal destiny. The word is ancestral to Modern English weird, which retains its original meaning only dialectally.

The Major Difference between the Elder Futhark Runes (Viking ) and the later Anglosaxon Runes is that the Anglosaxon set contains more Runes, whereas the later Viking set contains less.

Other changes into Anglosaxon are :-

The Rune Uruz is simplified

The Anglosaxon Rune Kunaz becomes more of a K than a C character

The Rune Jara is sometimes reversed in Viking sets ( my personal preference is that it contrasts much beter with Suwulo as shown ) and it changes anyway in the Anglosaxon set.

The Rune Sowilo becomes more upright in the Anglosaxon set.

The rune Ingwaz changes from a double cross pattern to a diamond pattern, it is sometimes seen as a much smaller diamond than shown.

Only the Elder Futhark Anglosaxon Runes have been shown. Transitional Stages between the two can vary in the hundreds of years between the two.

When Coding

The ( Eoh ) rune which I have marked E* seems to be a mid vowel which I have seen translated as EO, EI and E with a dot under, it doesn't seem to be in use as an English sound.

Use either the S ( Sowilo ) or the K ( Kenaz ) rune for C depending on phonetic pronounciation.

For X use both the K ( Kenaz ) and the S ( Sowilo ) runes sometimes they were combined as shown.

X has thus been given the two letters KS for eXample ~ eKSample

When writing Rune Inscriptions as far as I can see doubled letters can be tackled in three ways
drop the doubled letter

double it anyway

double it and mirror the second letter

I used the third method to write my name in the bottom right hand corner. It is a matter of how the word appears and all three methods were used. So its open to Artistic Interpretation.

I hope you will find the Rune Rings useful.

☽O☾ Brightest Blessings ☽O☾

Description

Coding Runic Inscriptions

My Rune Coding ring reworked to contrast Anglosaxon runic versions of the Elder Futhark Runes to the Viking ones. Also my earlier version did not show that Roman Alphabet C Character can be coded as either a K or S sound depending on the phonetics of the word being transcribed.

The Three ring have Anglosaxon Runes on the outer ring and Earlier Viking Runes on the Inner two Coding rings, the first gives Runic Characters arranged to match the Roman Alphabet and the innermost ring gives Roman Characters to match the Elder Futhark (Runic Alphabet). Both Innermost and Outermost rings are arranged in the same Elder Futhark order.

In the Center is the Wyrd Web consisting of 9 Staves. Contained within the outer vertical staves of the Web is the Wyrd Rune which contains all runes. Wyrd is a concept in Anglo-Saxon culture roughly corresponding to fate or personal destiny. The word is ancestral to Modern English weird, which retains its original meaning only dialectally.

The Major Difference between the Elder Futhark Runes (Viking ) and the later Anglosaxon Runes is that the Anglosaxon set contains more Runes, whereas the later Viking set contains less.

Other changes into Anglosaxon are :-

The Rune Uruz is simplified

The Anglosaxon Rune Kunaz becomes more of a K than a C character

The Rune Jara is sometimes reversed in Viking sets ( my personal preference is that it contrasts much beter with Suwulo as shown ) and it changes anyway in the Anglosaxon set.

The Rune Sowilo becomes more upright in the Anglosaxon set.

The rune Ingwaz changes from a double cross pattern to a diamond pattern, it is sometimes seen as a much smaller diamond than shown.

Only the Elder Futhark Anglosaxon Runes have been shown. Transitional Stages between the two can vary in the hundreds of years between the two.

When Coding

The ( Eoh ) rune which I have marked E* seems to be a mid vowel which I have seen translated as EO, EI and E with a dot under, it doesn't seem to be in use as an English sound.

Use either the S ( Sowilo ) or the K ( Kenaz ) rune for C depending on phonetic pronounciation.

For X use both the K ( Kenaz ) and the S ( Sowilo ) runes sometimes they were combined as shown.

X has thus been given the two letters KS for eXample ~ eKSample

When writing Rune Inscriptions as far as I can see doubled letters can be tackled in three ways
drop the doubled letter

double it anyway

double it and mirror the second letter

I used the third method to write my name in the bottom right hand corner. It is a matter of how the word appears and all three methods were used. So its open to Artistic Interpretation.

I hope you will find the Rune Rings useful.

☽O☾ Brightest Blessings ☽O☾