Rune Name Letter Phonetic Value Fehu f as in "fire" F "fay-who" Uruz oo as in "booze" (might be pronounced: oo U "ooo- as in "book") rooze" Thurisaz unvoiced th as in "thorn" (never th as in TH "thoor-ee- "the") saws" Ansuz a as in "awning", "call" or "law" A "awn-sooze Raidho r as in "ride" R "rye- though Kenaz K or k as in "kick", or hard c as in "cane". "kane- awze C Gebo hard g as in "gift" , y as in "yes", or silent G "gay-boe" or "yee- boe" Wunjo W or w as in "warm", with lips close together, "woon-yo" almost like a "v". V Hagalaz h as in "hail", aspirate "h" as in modern H "haw-gaw- English laws" Nauthiz n as in "need" N "now- these" Isa ee as in "sleep" I "ee-saw" Jera J or y as in "year" or j as in "jaw". "yare-awe" Y i Eihwaz i as in "pride", possibly short i as in "pick" EI "eye- wawz" Perthro p as in "poem" P "perth- row" Algiz Z or - z or final R "all-yeese" or Elhaz R "ale-hawz" Sowilo s as in "sun" S "soe-wee- low" Tiwaz t as in "Tuesday" T "tea-wawz" Berkano b as in "birch" B "bear- kawn-oh" Ehwaz a as in "day" E "ay-wawz" or Ehwo "ay-woh" Mannaz m as in "mankind" M "mawn- nawz" Laguz l as in "life" L "law- gooze" Ingwaz nasal sound as ng in "singer" NG "eeeng- wawz" Dagaz voiced th as in "the" (never unvoiced th as in D "thaw- "thick") or d as in "dog" gauze" Othala o as in "oath" O "oath-awe- law" Since the Algiz symbol can represent a final rolling -R rather than a Z, one might substitute that sound wherever a Z appears above. ii There are as many different pronunciations of the Elder Futhark rune sounds as there are runic authors. Since the names are modern re-creations of what is referred to as "proto-Indo-European", which no longer exists (or perhaps never existed), your guess is as good as the next person's. The Woden's Harrow website contains Real Audio sound files of the Elder Futhark SOURCE: http://www.sunnyway.com/runes/pronunciation.html iii Filename: Rune Pronunciation Directory: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop Template: C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates\Normal.dot Title: Subject: Author: Dr. K.A. Sahure Keywords: Comments: Creation Date: 8/8/2007 4:29:00 AM Change Number: 2 Last Saved On: 8/8/2007 4:29:00 AM Last Saved By: Administrator Total Editing Time: 3 Minutes Last Printed On: 8/8/2007 6:53:00 AM As of Last Complete Printing Number of Pages: 3 Number of Words: 864 (approx.) Number of Characters: 4,928 (approx.) .