/futh/ - Futhark

1.) "Ansuz," represents the power of word. Through naming something you gain knowledge, a grasp, and therefore power. It is synonymous with understanding through classification. It also represents the divine. Christcucks would call it "God."

It makes the a sounds, use as you would in the corresponding language

2.) "Bjarkan" (pronounded B-yar-kan). Represents birth.

Makes the b sound, use as you would in the corresponding language

3.) "Kenaz," Knowledge and enlightenment.

Makes the k and c sounds, use as you would in the corresponding language.

4.) "Dagr," Represents dawn and awakening.

Makes the d sound.

5.) "Ehwar," represents community and harmony. It is in the form of a horse, representing the symbiotic relationship between this animal and man.

Makes the e sounds.

6.) "Fehu," wealth and prosperity. This "wealth" can be more than monetary, however. "Fe causes strife amongst friends. Fe is joy to man."

Makes the f sound.

7.) "Gibu," gifts and giving; how you should treat your fellow kinsmen. Morality. "Man is man's entertainment," from the Havamal. Contrast with the Latinate view "Man is wolf to man."

Makes the hard "g" sound, as in "OP wasn't gay today.

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8.) Hagal, or Hagalaz. Translates as hail. Represents the connection between life and death. "Hail strikes the ears of barley. Life of one, death of another." Makes the h sound.

9.) Isa, or ice. Pronounced as "Ee-sa." Makes the "ee" sound usually. You may also use it for the short i sound, as in "it."

10.) Jera, pronounced as "Yera." Literally translates as "year." Represents the yearly cycle, but also the concept so ingrained in the Western mind that "you reap what you sew."

Caution

Makes the y sound. Also use this for j, as in "just." I don't think most Germanic languages use the "jay" sound, so there wasn't much of a need to symbolize it.

11.) Kenaz again.

12.) Laukr. Represents water, cleanliness, and purification. Makes the l sound.

13.) Mannaz. Translates as man or mankind. Connected to self-aware intellectualism, and also arrogance. Makes the m sound.

14.) Naudir, translates as "need." The concept is that, through need or desperation itself, you attain the means of achievement or survival–"Needfire." Makes the n sound.

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15.) Othala. Bloodright, inheritance. Race and heritage. Named after the god Odin. Primarily the long o sound, as in oak. Go ahead and use it normally if an English word calls for it, though.

16.) Perthro. Possibility, chance. Makes the p sound.

17.) Ing, or Inguz. Named after the the Norse god "Ing." Ing happens to be an ancient name for Freyr, the god of fertility and the brother of Freya. The rune is made in the shape of a seed. It represents genetics, and potential.

Caution

This only makes the ng sound.

18.) Raidho. Represents the awareness and sensations of the present; attention spent on the immediate, corporeal surroundings. Makes the r sound.

19.) Sowelu. Translates as "Sun." It represents fire. The other side to morality (as with Gibu), and one's inner fire, or passions. Makes the s sounds (normal or hard, as in ts, or the German z, as in Zeit).