noun
- An alphabet of runes used by Germanic peoples, especially the Old English runic alphabet consisting of 33 characters.
Usage: Also called futhorc or fuþorc; Historical/linguistic term; Named after the first six rune letters: fehu, uruz, thurisaz, ansuz, raido, kenaz
Examples
- Scholars study the futhork to understand Old English writing systems.
- The futhork was gradually replaced by the Latin alphabet in medieval England.
- Each character in the futhork carried both phonetic and symbolic meaning.
- The futhork differs from the Elder Futhark used in earlier Germanic languages.
- Inscriptions in the futhork have been found on artifacts throughout Anglo-Saxon England.