Futhark

"**Futhark**" is an alphabet used to write ancient Germanic languages, Old English (or Anglo-Saxon), and Old Norse. They are also known as "runes" (Norse: rúnar), which were used to seek messages from the Gods.

Each rune or letter is supposed to invoke a specific deity to call upon their blessing or aid. If a rune is turned sideways or upside-down, it instead places a curse.

## Elder Futhark letters

Elder Futhark is the form of futhark used before mediaeval times in northern Europe. It was an alphabet of 24 letters. Those letters were derived from north Italic scripts.

According to Norse mythology, these letters were revealed to the god Odin when he was hung on a tree for nine days and nine nights.

In magic or divination used in Norse religion, these runes are further divided into ættir (eights), associated with a different god. In earlier times, runes can be put together to invoke various deities' powers, and these combinations are known as bindrunes.

### Freysætt

rune - phoneme - Germanic reconstructed name - Norse name (if possible) - translation - meaning - deity

* ᚠ - f - fehu - fé - cattle; wealth - livestock, wealth - Freyr
* ᚢ - u - uruz - úr - aurochs (an extinct European cattle) or rain - rain or storms, wild cattle
* ᚦ - th - thurisaz - þurs - a fierce giant - danger, suffering - Thor
* ᚨ - a - Ansuz - Óss - an Aesir god - inspiration, wisdom - Odin
* ᚱ - r - raido - reið - ride - movement, action - Thor
* ᚲ - k - kaunan - kaun - ulcer; torch - fire, pain, death
* ᚷ - g - gebō - (lost) - gift - generosity, kindness
* ᚹ - w - wunjō - (lost) - joy - happiness, harmony

### Hagalsætt or Heimdallsætt

* ᚺ - h - hagalaz - hagall - hailstorm - destruction, chaos - Hel
* ᚾ - n - naudiz - nauðr - need - hardship, unfulfilled desire
* ᛁ - i - isaz - iss - ice - challege
* ᛃ - j - jera - ár - year; harvest, plenty - earth
* ᛇ - ï - eihwaz - (lost) - yew tree - strength, stability, dream, Yggdrasil tree
* ᛈ - p - pertho - (lost) - pear? - dance, love
* ᛉ - z - algiz - yr - elk; yew tree - protection
* ᛊ - s - sowilo - sól - sun - thungerbolt, honour, soothing - Baldr

### Týsætt

* ᛏ - t - tiwaz - Tyr - Tyr - victory, honour - Tyr
* ᛒ - b - berkanan - bjarkan - birch tree - fertility, growth, liberation
* ᛖ - e - ehwaz - (lost) - horse - companionship, loyalty
* ᛗ - m - mannaz - maðr - man - support, self
* ᛚ - l - laguz - lögr - lake; water, waterfall - chaos, the unknown
* ᛜ - ng - Ingwaz - (lost) - Yngvi-Freyr - beginning, fulfilment - Freyr
* ᛟ - o - odal - (lost) - inheritance, domain - traditional, possession, nobility - Odin
* ᛞ - d - dagaz - (lost) - day - dawn, hope, happiness

## Younger Futhark letters

The Younger Futhark was the writing used by the Norse peoples of Scandinavia.

## In the Rabydosverse

In the Rabydosverse, the futhark was the writing system used by the Aesir gods, a race of deities that visited the Galaxy ages ago to create and guide the Eimares Celestials. The twenty-four letters of this alphabet was used to write in Aesiric, the supposed language of the Ansuzgardaz (Asgard), their mystical kingdom.

## Novantir futhark

In the Malendor Supercorporation, Futhark is used for both the Aesiric and Novantirna languages, especially in religious use. The Novantirnas write their prayers in futhark when worshipping the Aesir.

* ᛒ (b), ᚨ (a), ᛢ (č), ᚾ (n), ᛖ (e), ᛠ (ä), ᛚ (l), ᛞ (d), ᚷ (g), ᛟ (o), ᛈ (p), ᛇ (ï), ᚱ (r), ᚹ (v), ᛁ (i), ᚺ (h), ᛜ (ö), ᚳ (k), ᛋ (s), ᚢ (u), ᛝ (ñ), ᚦ (ř), ᛃ (j), ᛉ (z), ᛗ (m), ᛏ (t)
* bairana, ânsuo, čarana, naudana, jeñaut, älkonda, laño, daira, glauřa, ôsara, pälča, vaira, iansa, halka, ömbra, kranda, saura, uonda, ñoril, řañřa, jarisa, zalka, mahal, taira
* "ss" in Novantirna futhark must always be written as ᚌ or ㅛ. Several times when two or more "s" runes were written together instead summoned grey demons from Hell.

### Novantirna pronunication of the futhark runes

The Malendors venerate the futhark runes as a holy script, used mostly in prayers and religious art. They are collectively known as "Rûnodan" in modern form or "Rûnôvan" in Old Novantirna.

rune - phoneme - Malendor name

divine meaning - Star God (if any) - Malendor god

* ᚠ - v - vähjo, väia
	+ trees, life, vitality, happiness, the ground, planets - Freyja - Rirana
* ᚢ - u - ûroz
	+ rain, wealth, renewal - Njord? - Makravalas?
* ᚦ - č, t - čôrisai, dôrisoz
	+ lightning, electricity, action, hammers - Thor - Lumbariz?
* ᚨ - a - ânsuza, ânsuaz
	+ Heaven, cleanliness, happiness, righteousness, white, blue, the sky, inspiration - Odin, all Aesir - all High Gods, Kings of Heaven, Druvara
* ᚱ - r - raičô, raintô
	+ action, rides, travel, vehicles - Meili (son of Odin, god of travellers) - Lumbariz
* ᚲ - k - kaunai
	+ knowledge, illumination, correction - Odin, Tyr - Otořand (Malendor god of justice)
* ᚷ - g - jembô
	+ gift, wonder, discovery, delight, art - Frigga - Vaisotre
* ᚹ - v - vônjo
	+ cheer, delight, innocence, playfulness - Forseti - Charnakuti
* ᚺ - h - haklaz
	+ fire, light, fervour, passion, the stars, the sun - Heimdall - Dura
* ᚾ - n - naudaz
	+ cold, fear, sorrow, hunger, ice, suffering, sadness, contemplation; night, darkness, stars - Hel; Mani - Ombo; Vaisotre
* ᛁ - i - jesa
	+ weather, glass, crystals, snow, brilliance, clearness - Virana or Vaisotre
* ᛃ - j - jerai
	+ the year, time, completion, celebration, accomplishment, success, the end, happy deaths or endings - Freyr, Odin, Baldr - Lumbariz
* ᛈ - p - perusau
	+ good luck, good fortune, smoothness, gold, delight - Freyr, Njord - Virana
* ᛇ - ï - jĩua
	+ harmony, trees, plants - Freyr - Charnakuti
* ᛉ - z - alokiz, zalgiz
	+ protection, defence - Thor, Magni and Modhi - Dura
* ᛊ - s - soilôn
	+ the Sun, warmth, success - Sol, Baldr, Sif - Lumbariz
* ᛏ - t - Tjôrjaz
	+ honour, discipline, focus, courage, justice, training - Tyr, Forseti - Otorand
	+ In Malendor mythology, Forseti was Tyr's greatest student.
* ᛒ - b - baira(ka)na
	+ growth, vitality, birth, creation - Frigga, Freyr, Freyja, Idunn - Charnakuti
* ᛖ - e - jeña
	+ beasts, animals, pets, beloved things, chariots, progress - Freyja, Freyr, Sif - Razanral, Makravalas
* ᛗ - m - maunaz
	+ the person, society, people; the moon, numbers, mathematics - Thor; Mani - Rirana, Charnakuti and Dura
* ᛚ - l - laña
	+ water, concentration, serenity, paradoxes, the sea, unleashing - Njord - Makravalas
* ᛝ - ñ - iñgô
	+ pride, legacy, recognition, fame, remembrance - Freyr - Narsenre
* ᛞ - d - daira
	+ dawn, hope, sunrise; machines, diligence, the ground, the earth - Sol; Thor - Lumbariz
* ᛟ - o - ôsal, ôsara
	+ knowledge, enlightenment, creativity, bravery, justice, science, ascension, midnight, darkness, stars, space, magic, Heaven - ODIN - no Malendor deity
	+ The heavenly associations of this blessed rune also make it an unofficial rune of Lumbariz.

Ôsara (othal), the 24th and last rune, was the most commonly used rune in Malendor religious art. It was associated with Odin, the Norse god of wisdom and death; and later the Malendor god of science and courage. Even during secularisation, ôsara runes are commonly-seen in Malendor banners and emblems to instill the god's courage and inspiration. The Malendors call it "the Eye of Odin".

## Heronoi futhark

Although the Heronoi humanoids already have their own gods, they sometimes worship the Norse deities, who were introduced by Freyrgardian tourists who visited their homeworld long ago.

rune - Rannarisk name - Heronoi name

* ᚦ - thursor - thuraso
	+ symbol of Thor
* ᚷ - gýfor - kýföja
* ᚺ - hagla, hakla - hakora
	+ symbol of Hel
* ᛏ - Tjaror - tijoro (Heronoja), tijaro (Siangwaan, Waxeroi)
	+ symbol of Thor
* ᛒ - bjarkan - bajarikan
	+ symbol of Baldr
* ᛝ - yngvar - yquowara
	+ symbol of Freyr
* ᛟ - odhal - jothoru
	+ dreaded symbol of Odin

## In the Rinnarverse

Futhark is the official writing system of the Vetarbroitar, a race of cloned Norsefolk that live in the northern Milky Way. They used several letters to write sounds that were not written in separate letters in the Norse futhark.

In the Rinnarit Republic, it was used to write the local Norse language. It was also used for other languages, such as English and even Esperanto and Northern Rinnarit.

## Gallery

The fe rune in the Lysandrean imperial flag represents Freyr, the patron deity of the empire.According to legend, the Heronoi flag was allegedly based on the fe rune repeated twice, invoking Freyr. Freyr was worshipped by the Epadwaranai as a god of liberation.The flag of Ozrintar, one of two major religions in the Novantir civilisation, alters the odal rune into an hourglass shape. The symbol represents a burning eye emerging from water, symbolising the eye of Odin rising over the pool of Mimir, or enlightenment rising over despair.The Futhark runes in the Vetarbroitar flag say: "Það er sannleikur í hinum heilaga Æsir". It means "There is truth in the Holy Aesir".The Eye of Auzir, another Malendor or Novantir symbol, is a stylised odal rune designed as a bleeding eye.The flag of the Crusader Navy during the time of Rigara the Unifier. The odal rune is designed as an eye, representing the fleet's veneration of Odin as their divine patron and guide.The flag of the modern Crusader fleets, holy paladins of Lord Odin. Like their predecessors, they also use the odal-eye.The war flag of the Kingdom of Simarvi, during its crusades against the Valgetan cannibals. Its text read "We do not come in peace. We come in WRATH!"The flag of the Waxeroi incorporates several cultural motifs. In the middle is a mixture of Rakolan and Norse patterns. The Norse patterns are at the left band, incorporating three runes: ingwaz (Freyr), berkana (Baldr), and odal (Odin).The Royal House of Axarna in Daleskarnia uses a stylised ingwaz rune to represent its devotion to Freyr.
### Malendor rune emblems

Fe, for FreyjaFe, for FreyrThurs, for ThorHagall, for Heimdall.Odal, for Odin. The holiest of all runes.
## Trivia

* The "Aesiric" language of the Rabydosverse Aesir was based on Proto-Germanic.
* Novantirna futhark uses a mixture of Elder Futhark and Anglo-Saxon runes, the latter for sounds not used in Proto-Germanic/Aesiric or Old Norse.

## See also

* Norse calendar
* Pallava, an alphabet used to write Sanskrit, another holy language.