Younger Runes in Manuscripts and Early Printed Works

Diversification of the younger fuþark

Rune-forms

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Early	ᚠ	ᚢ	ᚦ	ᚨ	ᚱ	ᚴ	ᚺ	ᚾ	ᛁ	ᚼ	ᛋ	ᛏ	ᛒ	ᛗ	ᛚ	ᛦ
Long-branch	ᚠ	ᚢ	ᚦ	ᚭ ᚬ ᚯ	ᚱ	ᚴ	ᚼ	ᚾ	ᛁ	ᛅ	ᛋ	ᛏ	ᛒ	ᛄ ᛰ ᛘ	ᛚ	ᛦ
Intermediate	ᚠ	ᚢ	ᚦ	ᚮ	ᚱ	ᚴ	ᚼ	ᚿ	ᛁ	ᛆ	ᛋ ᛌ	ᛐ	ᛒ	ᛘ	ᛚ	ᛦ
Short-twig	ᚠ	ᚢ	ᚦ	ᚮ	ᚱ	ᚴ	ᚽ	ᚿ	ᛁ	ᛆ	ᛌ	ᛐ	ᛓ	ᛙ	ᛚ	ᛧ

Sound values

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Early	f	u	þ	ą	r	k	h	n	i	a	s	t	b	m	l	ʀ
Late	f	u	þ	o	r	k	h	n	i	a	s	t	b	m	l	y

Early *ąslaibʀ correspond with later *aslaifr.

Tor Gjerde
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