futhark

See also: Futhark, fuþark, and Fuþark

English

Alternative forms

• futharc, Futharc
• Futhark
• fuþark
• Fuþark

Etymology

From the first six letters of the runic alphabet, ᚠ (“f”), ᚢ (“u”), ᚦ (“þ”), ᚨ (“a”), ᚱ (“r”), ᚲ (“k”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfuː.θɑːk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.θɑɹk/
• Hyphenation: fu‧thark

Noun

futhark (plural futharks)

1. The Germanic runic alphabet; especially specifically the Elder or Younger futhark alphabet (of Scandinavia and the European mainland), as contrasted with the Anglo-Saxon futhorc.

Related terms

• Armanen Futhark (rare)
• Elder Futhark
• Older Futhark
• Old Futhark
• Younger Futhark
• Young Futhark

• futhorc, fuþorc
• futhork, fuþork

See also

• Category:Proto-Norse lemmas

Further reading

• runes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the first six letters of the runic alphabet, ᚠ (“f”), ᚢ (“u”), ᚦ (“þ”), ᚨ (“a”), ᚱ (“r”), ᚲ (“k”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʉtark/

Noun

futhark m or n (definite singular futharken or futharket, indefinite plural futharkar or futhark, definite plural futharkane or futharka)

1. a futhark

Swedish

Alternative forms

• futark (nonstandard)

Noun

futhark c

1. futhark
   • 1936, Ivar Lo-Johansson, Statarna I‎^[1], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, archived from the original on 2025-03-11, page 268:

     Som barn lekte vi vid en runsten. Aldrig betraktade vi runstenen annat än som en sten. Blinda stirrade vi upp på dess ålderdomliga, oläsliga futhark av mossiga runor.

     As children we played by a runestone. We never thought of the runestone as anything other than a stone. Blindly we stared up at its ancient, illegible futhark of mossy runes.

   • 2024 July 30, “Gudar”, in Nordiska Asa-samfundet‎^[2], archived from the original on 2024-10-03:

     Då [Oden] hade hängt i [världs]trädet [Yggdrasil] i nio dagar och nätter, utan mat och vatten [...], så uppenbarade sig [...] futharken för honom.

     When Odin had hung in the world tree Yggdrasil for nine days and nights, without food and water, the futhark was revealed to him.

Declension

Declension of futhark

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	futhark	futharks
	definite	futharken	futharkens
plural	indefinite	futharker	futharkers
	definite	futharkerna	futharkernas

References

• futhark in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker