The Elder Futhark
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Pronunciations of the Runes

The three runic aettir* of the Elder Futhark

Click on one rune at a time in the table above to hear its likely pronunciation in proto-Germanic. Of course, no one knows exactly how these runes were pronounced, but linguists have made educatedguesses based on living languages and what they knowof the vowel and consonant shifts in related tonguesin historic times. These runes are pronounced by a female native English speaker, Óðindís. Alternately, you can click on a rune's name below to hear its pronunciation. These are the rune names asprovided by Klaus Düwel. These runes are pronounced by amale native German speaker, Answin.

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