Runes

(Important Note: I have only uploaded the glyphs I have used in practice sentences and sample constructions. Therefore, not every glyph indicated on these "source" pages is available on my website at the moment. Instead, you'll probably see a lot of these little guys, , indicating that the image can't be loaded.)

Although, technically, the runes are an alphabet, they were more frequently used for their magical association instead of their phonetics. One problem we might find with runes is that half their associated meanings can be depicted using more recognizeable glyphs.

RUNE MEANING SYNONYM?
cattle, movable property
auroch
thorn, giant
god, mouth, breath
riding, journey
torch, ulcer
gift
joy
hail, hailstone
need, necessity
ice
year, harvest
yew
dice cup
elk, sedge, protection
sun
god, Tyr
birch
horse
man (human)
lake, water
fertility, Ing
day
home, land, real property

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