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Anglo-Saxon runes or Anglo-Frisian runes are runes that were used by the Anglo-Saxons and Medieval Frisians (collectively called Anglo-Frisians) as an alphabet in their native writing system, recording both Old English and Old Frisian (Old English: rūna, ᚱᚢᚾᚪ, "rune").
3 Αυγ 2019 · Anglo-Saxon Runes. The Anglo-Saxon runes or Anglo-Frisian runes are collectively known as the Futhorc because those are the first letters of that runic alphabet. The earliest form of the Futhorc looked almost exactly like the Elder Futhark with three more runes in the 5th century.
29 Αυγ 2024 · Anglo-Saxon runes, also known as the Anglo-Frisian runes or Futhorc, are an alphabetic script used by the early Anglo-Saxons in England from around the 5th to the 11th century. These runes were adapted from the Elder Futhark, the earliest form of the runic alphabets used by Germanic tribes.
Futhorc is a system of runic writing used in Anglo-Saxon and Frisian inscriptions belonging to the 5th to 9th centuries. Already the word itself shows that Futhorc (as compared to Common Germanic Futhark) developed due to phonemic changes in the languages that it was designed to transcribe:
Page lays out an almost exhaustive introduction to the Anglo-Saxon runes and runic inscriptions on stones, coins, manuscripts, and other materials. This book makes for an excellent addition to a well-rounded runic library.
I'm curious to see if there is a basic rune order like in the elder futhark specifically, but would love any and all historically accurate sources to learn from as it's proving difficult to find ones that are historically accurate. Anyone got any leads?
My understanding was that when runes were found on the Ruthwell Cross, Danish runemasters were asked to decode them, because there was no conception of 'English' runes at the time, such that 'runic' was shorthand for 'Scandinavian'
