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    Why is the Anglo-Saxon runic alphabet known as The Futhore?

    Question #126457. Asked by mmrrll. (Jul 23 12 12:39 PM)


    dippo

    		The Futhark is named after the initial phoneme of the first six rune names: F, U, Th, A, R and K.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elder_Futhark

    Jul 23 12, 1:04 PM
    sportsherald

    		While some sources do use the spelling futhore, particularly for the Anglo-Frisian runes http://www.megaessays.com/viewpaper/58739.html, this spelling is not recognised at oxforddictionaries.com or dictionary.com. They both list futhark and its variant futhorc, http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/futhark?q=futhorc and http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/futhark?s=ts&ld=1065, and, as dippo says, the derivation is provided as: "mid 19th century: from its first six letters: f, u, th, a (or o), r, k" (Oxford). As dictionary.com notes, this was a coined name "(modeled on alphabet)," since our word "alphabet" was derived from the combined first two letters (in Greek), alpha and beta.



    Jul 23 12, 5:13 PM

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