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Learn to write like a Viking Vikings didn't use the English alphabet like we do today. They used a system of runes in their writing. Like our alphabet each rune represented a sound when read aloud, but unlike our alphabet each rune had its own meaning Archaeologists call this alphabet Futhark after it’s first 6 letters. Learn about each different rune and have a go at the activity on the next page. Ring with runic inscription © The Trustees of the British Museum fé úr thurs óss reido kaun English: F English: U English: Th English: A English: R English: K, C, G Meaning: Wealth, Cattle or Meaning: Iron or rain Meaning: Giant Meaning: God or river Meaning: Riding Meaning: ulcer Sheep hagall naud isaz ar sol tyr English: H English: N English: I English: a, j English: S English: T, D Meaning: Hail Meaning: Need Meaning: Ice Meaning: Plenty Meaning: Sun Meaning: Spear Futhark in this version ends at yr However you may have noticed some English sounds are missing, notably E, O, P, W. This is because the Vikings mostly didn't use these sounds. How- ever an older version of Futhark does jarken mathr lögr Yr have these letter and I have listed English: B English: M English: L English: R, Y them on the next line. Meaning: Birch tree Meaning: Man Meaning: Sea Meaning: Yew Have a go at the activities on the next page! ehwaz odal peoth wynn English: E English: o English: P English: W, v Meaning: Horse Meaning: Estate Meaning: Fruit tree Meaning: Joy Activities Write your name Have a go at writing you name in runes in the box below. Replace each letter of your name with the matching rune. The letters X and Z do not have rune replacements, if you have a name with an X or Z why not make up your own new rune! Bind Runes Bind runes are when you combine two runes by writing them on top of each other to make a new one. This was mostly used for names much like the initials we use today. The most famous bind rune comes from the mod- + = ern day Bluetooth which you find on mobile phones it is named after Harald Bluetooth, a Viking, and the Bluetooth logo is a bind rune of his initials . The rune hagall (H) is laid on top of the jarken rune (B). Have a go at mak- ing your own bind runes below. .

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