Runes - Work in progress

This is a little guide to runes. Gothica uses the old 24 rune alphabet. I will first talk a little about each rune before I move over to the other runic alphabets existing in GV. Maybe I get into how rune magic work too (do that on your own risk, this is actual rune magic as the vikings did it and messing up was thought to be very dangerous). The Geldr below each runes are written by Odin himself, or so it is said.

The Gothian Rune alphabet (Elder Futhark)

ᚠ
Name: fehu
Letter: F
Meaning: Cattle
Number: 24

ᚢ
Name: uruR
Letter: U
Meaning: Auroch
Number: 1

Those songs I know, which nor sons of men
nor queen in a king's court knows;
the first is Help which will bring thee help
in all woes and in sorrow and strife.

ᚦ
Name: thurisaR
Letter: TH
Meaning: Troll, Giant, Thurs
Number: 2

A second I know, which the son of men
must sing, who would heal the sick.

ᚨ
Name: ansuR
Letter: A
Meaning: Aesir, God
Number: 3

A third I know: if sore need should come
of a spell to stay my foes;
when I sing that song, which shall blunt their swords,
nor their weapons nor staves can wound.

ᚱ
Name: raidhu
Letter: R
Meaning: Wagon (and sometimes riding)
Number: 4

A fourth I know: if men make fast
in chains the joints of my limbs,
when I sing that song which shall set me free,
spring the fetters from hands and feet.

ᚲ
Name: Kauna
Letter: K
Meaning: Boil
Number: 5

A fifth I know: when I see, by foes shot,
speeding a shaft through the host,
flies it never so strongly I still can stay it,
if I get but a glimpse of its flight.

ᚷ
Name: Gifu
Letter: G
Meaning: Gift, sacrifice
Number: 6

A sixth I know: when some thane would harm me
in runes on a moist tree's root,
on his head alone shall light the ills
of the curse that he called upon mine.

ᚹ
Name: Wynn
Letter: W
Meaning: Happiness
Number: 7

A seventh I know: if I see a hall
high o'er the bench-mates blazing,
flame it ne'er so fiercely I still can save it, --
I know how to sing that song.

ᚺ
Name: Haegl
Letter: H
Meaning: Hail, Hailstorm
Number: 8

An eighth I know: which all can sing
for their weal if they learn it well;
where hate shall wax 'mid the warrior sons,
I can calm it soon with that song.

ᚾ
Name: naudhiR
Letter: N
Meaning: Danger, duress
Number: 9

A ninth I know: when need befalls me
to save my vessel afloat,
I hush the wind on the stormy wave,
and soothe all the sea to rest.

ᛁ
Name: Is
Letter: I
Meaning: Ice, death
Number: 10

A tenth I know: when at night the witches
ride and sport in the air,
such spells I weave that they wander home
out of skins and wits bewildered.

ᛃ
Name: Jara
Letter: J
Meaning: Year
Number: 11

An eleventh I know: if haply I lead
my old comrades out to war,
I sing 'neath the shields, and they fare forth mightily
safe into battle,
safe out of battle,
and safe return from the strife.

ᛈ
Name: perdhru
Letter: P
Meaning: Rock, cliff
Number: 12

A twelfth I know: if I see in a tree
a corpse from a halter hanging,
such spells I write, and paint in runes,
that the being descends and speaks.

ᛒ
Name: Biarkan
Letter: B
Meaning: Birch, Freya
Number: 13

A thirteenth I know: if the new-born son
of a warrior I sprinkle with water,
that youth will not fail when he fares to war,
never slain shall he bow before sword.

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