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Definition of Futhark
1. Noun. The Germanic runic alphabet; especially specifically the Elder or Younger futhark alphabet (of Scandinavia and the European mainland), as contrasted with the Anglo-Saxon futhorc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Futhark
1. an ancient alphabet [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Futhark
Literary usage of Futhark
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. German Orthography and Phonology: A Treatise with a Word-list by George Hempl (1897)
"It is now usual to adopt Wimmer's derivation of the runic futhark from the Latin
alphabet. This, however, does not seem to be so certainly proved as has ..."
2. The Christ of Cynewulf: A Poem in Three Parts: The Advent, The Ascension by Cynewulf (1900)
"244) : 'Als Erklärung dafür, dass das yr im jüngsten Nordischen futhark elgr als
Namen für die Rune ^ verdrängt hat, sehe ich nur eine Möglichkeit, (. ..."
3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"The alphabet is often called futhark or ... The futhark. in its series p, z, (r),
a, t, distinctly exhibits the usual alphabetic arrangement. ..."
4. The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge, Rev. with by Selim Hobart Peabody, Charles Francis Richardson (1898)
"The old Norse futhark, on the contrary, though it docs not appear until the 8lh
c., is much more primitive, and originally had 15 characters (staves). ..."
5. Lectures on Welsh Philology by John Rhys (1877)
"The fact of the Runic alphabet or the futhark, as it is called from its first
... h, J> in order to comply with the usual way of transcribing the futhark ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Iron is mined in considerable quantities. futhark, foo'thork, the Runic alphabet
which derives its name from the first six letters, /, u, th, a, ..."
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