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Anglo-Saxon runes are an extended version of Elder Futhark consisting of between 26 and 33 letters. It is thought that they were used to write Old English / Anglo-Saxon and Old Frisian from about the 5th century AD. They were used in England until the 10th or 11th centuries, though after the 9th century they were mainly used in manuscripts and ...
Futhorc inscriptions hold diverse styles and contents. Ochre has been detected on at least one English runestone, implying its runes were once painted. Bind runes are common in futhorc (relative to its small corpus), and were seemingly used most often to ensure the runes would fit in a limited space.
Runas anglo-saxônicas (ou Anglo-Frísio), também chamado futhorc (ou fuþorc), é uma escrita rúnica, uma forma estendida para 26 a 33 letras do alfabeto Futhark antigo (24 letras). Foram usadas provavelmente a partir do século V para escrever o Inglês antigo e o Frísio antigo.
Futhorc is a system of runic writing used in Anglo-Saxon and Frisian inscriptions belonging to the 5th to 9th centuries. Already the word itself shows that Futhorc (as compared to Common Germanic Futhark) developed due to phonemic changes in the languages that it was designed to transcribe:
The Anglo-Saxon variant is futhorc, or fuþorc, due to changes in Old English of the sounds represented by the fourth letter, ᚨ / ᚩ . Runology is the academic study of the runic alphabets, runic inscriptions, runestones, and their history. Runology forms a specialised branch of Germanic philology .
Old English / Anglo-Saxon was first written with a version of the Runic alphabet known as Anglo-Saxon or Anglo-Frisian runes, or futhorc/fuþorc. This alphabet was an extended version of Elder Futhark with between 26 and 33 letters.
“Anglo-Frisian” fits much better. Anglo-Frisian Futhorc, as depicted in Edred Thorsson’s book “Futhark”. Now, to use runic symbols in writing texts, we transliterate sounds rather than letters. This is why a good knowledge of the language you are using is essential.
