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A Concept For A Runic Dictionary
A Concept For A Runic Dictionary
A Concept For A Runic Dictionary
Abstract
The Futharc alphabet seems to be composed as a twofold structure of (1) an initial header ᚠᚢᚦ and
(2) a trailing body segment.
The 3 or 4 characters in the header section “ᚠᚢᚦ (ᚨ)” of the Futharc alphabet lists the deities Frey,
Thor (and Odin).
The runic characters “runes” are named „vitha“ and symbolize “wit”, “wisdom”, “eternity”, the dual
form “wit” (“we two”), a set of keywords for procreation and a set of “Vid”-names.
A fundamental word FutiR is described by Dieterich as a universal keyword to describe life by 10
parameters: (1) to feed up, (2) fat, (3) father, (4) fodder, (5) foster, (6) wod, (7) fud, (8) butt, (9)
futter, (10) fetter,
In Backward Reading Mode the header section “ᚠᚢᚦ” symbolizes various words such as Tiw, Tuw,
Teiws, Ziu/Zîo, Tuesday, Ziischtig, tíwesdæg, tow, touw, two, twee, zwei, Tuihanti, twine, twijn,
Zwirn, and Odin.
The Futharc alphabet also reveals a creation legend and a simplified model for the universe as a
huge tree as a supporting pillar.
The first male man may have been created as an image "ash" (rune ᚫ) of “Creator god” (rune ᚪ).
Locally the creation legend may have symbolized the unified Man as Æ, in which A = Ask and E =
Embla, which explains why the western, northern and southwestern Norwegian dialects and the
western Danish dialects of Thy and Southern Jutland, use æ as a significant first person singular
pronoun I.
The rune ᛇ (yew-tree) may represent Yggdrasil as the central pillar of the alphabetical A-I-Ω vowel-
structured universe.
Fundamental concept of the Futharc alphabet
The Futharc alphabet seems to be composed as a twofold structure of an initial header and a trailing
body segment.
Gods
The header section “ᚠ ᚢ ᚦ” of the Futharc alphabet lists various runes (*fehu, *thurisaz, and eventually
also *ansuz as a fourth rune ᚨ) as references to deities such as Frey, Thor (and Odin).
The runes as an image of wit, wisdom, eternity, the dual form “we two”
The “runes” are named „vitha“, as a derivation of an image of “wit” (“knowledge”), most of which
is encoded in the first word “ᚠ ᚢ ᚦ” of the alphabet. This word “ᚠ ᚢ ᚦ” also encodes witan and wite
(„wit“, „wisdom“ and “guarding”), “vet” (eternity) and “vida” (tree), the dual forms við, Ƿid / við,
vid / wit, við of the personal pronouns for the 1 st person. Originally the dual form “with” had been
equivalent to the dissociating preposition viðr (against) but transformed itself to an associating
preposition “with”, which is found in “fighting with....” in the sense of “fighting against....”.
In Teutonic dialects the Diminutive „Füdle” of “Fud” described the butt (bottom) of male and
female beings3. The butt includes the whole buttocks and pelvic region that includes one's private
parts.
2 Runen-Sprach-Schatz oder Wörterbuch über die ältesten Sprachdenkmale Skandinaviens, by Udo Waldemar
Dieterich (1844)
3 Hinterteil
The important entries “wit” and “witness” (probably related to “wod”) are missing in Barnes' view
of the English language as a Teutonic tongue.
H 60 ᚨ ᚦ ᚢ ᚠ Odin Wodan
Table 3 Runic Dictionary - Header section ᚠ ᚢ ᚦ (including ᚨ ) in Backward Reading Mode
A-I-Ω Body section (ᚦ ᚨ ᚱ ᚲ ….) in Forward & Backward Reading Mode
Ansuz is the conventional name given to the a-rune of the Elder Futhark, ᚨ. The Anglo-
Saxon futhorc split the Elder Futhark a rune into three independent runes due to the
development of the vowel system in Anglo-Frisian. These three runes are ōs ᚩ
(transliterated o), ac "oak" ᚪ (transliterated a), and æsc ᚫ "ash" (transliterated æ).
The A-I-Ω vowel-structure is marked in purple. The divine names, the first man from an “ash” and
planetary names are marked yellow.
Proto-Germanic Old English Old Norse
Name *Ansuz Ōs Āc Æsc Óss
"god" "god" "oak" "ash" "god"
Elder Futhark Futhorc Younger Futhark
Shape
Unicode ᚨ ᚩ ᚪ ᚫ ᚬ ᚭ
Transliteration a o a æ o
Transcription a o a æ ą, o
Position in row 4 4 25 26 4
Table 4 The split of the Elder Futhark “a”- rune into three independent runes
(from Wikipedia's *Ansuz (rune)
In Old English the creation of the first male man "ash" (ᚫ) from “god” (ᚪ) uses “equivalent” runic
letters. The A-I-Ω vowel-structure starts with the “A”-character for “god” (ᚪ) or “Odin” and the
"ash" (ᚫ) character for the first male creature, which suggests to consider the first Man as an image
of the Creator.
Section Runic Translation Meaning Source Source link
B 01 ᚨ, ᚩ *ansuz Vowel A/O Futhark Elder Futhark
The god Odin
B 02 ᚫ ash Ash (1st male Man) Futhark Elder Futhark
B 03 ᛇ *ī(h)waz/ Vowel I Futhark Elder Futhark
*ei(h)waz yew-tree
B 04 ᛊᛋ *sōwilō Sun Futhark Elder Futhark
B 05 ᛏ *tīwaz tyz < *tius Futhark Elder Futhark
the god Týr
B 06 ᛗ *mannaz Man Futhark Elder Futhark
B 07 ᛜᛝ *ingwaz Yngvi (→ Frey) Futhark Elder Futhark
B 08 ᛟ *ōþila-/ Vowel Ω Futhark Elder Futhark
*ōþala- heritage, possession