Writing Old Norse in Runes (remake/improved)

Writing in runes isn’t a simple one-to-one conversion of one letter to one rune. This video shows how Old Norse was written using the runes of the Younger Futhark, and then looks at examples of real inscriptions from the Viking Age. Contents of video and translations of runestones: 0:00 Overview 1:57 Vowels 5:59 Ár (ᛅ) and Áss (ᚬ) 10:24 Consonants 11:15 Reið (ᚱ) and Ýr (ᛦ) 17:34 Sö 101. “Rolef raised this stone for his father, Skarf. He had gone with Ingvar.“ 26:05 Sö 131. “Spjóti, Halfdan: They raised thi
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