runic letter


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Noun1.runic letter - any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Agesrunic letter - any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages; "each rune had its own magical significance"
rune
grapheme, graphic symbol, character - a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"
thorn - a Germanic character of runic origin
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* In all the quotations from Middle English in this note, the letter w represents the runic letter wynn.
A note on 'The Owl and the Nightingale,' line 1342
In line 1059 there is another instance of we spelt with the runic letter instead of the continental one.
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If the first letter was intended as a wynn, its tentative quality could reflect a certain unfamiliarity with the runic letter by a relatively late scribe; and in the context of a Latin inscriptioa, it makes a good example of a lectio difficilior which could cause problems for later readers.
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The author examines the myth of the Kensington Rune Stone, a stone tablet with runic letters and the date 1362 that was discovered in 1898 by a Swedish immigrant in Alexandria, Minnesota, which told the story of Swedes and Norwegians who visited the region in the fourteenth century.
Myths of the Rune Stone: Viking Martyrs and the Birthplace of America
For several years the runic letters disappeared from public places, but it became a subject of study for linguists and ethnographers.
The Szekler identity in Romania after 1989

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