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  • noun The Runic alphabet; -- so called from the first six letters f, u, þ (th), o (or a), r, c (=k). See futharc.

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  • noun The Runic alphabet as used to write Old English.

Etymologies

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From the sounds of the first six letters: , , , , , ; compare ABCs.

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Examples

  • The runes taken collectively are properly called the futhorc, the word being made up of the names of the first of the runes.

    Fridthjof's Saga; a Norse romance Esaias Tegn��r 1814

  • How many know what the futhark is, and how it differs from the futhorc?

    Defending the Tolkien Snobs Richard Nokes 2005

  • How many know what the futhark is, and how it differs from the futhorc?

    Archive 2005-11-01 Richard Nokes 2005

  • On the next page, in the course of a brief mention of futhorc runes, he says "with th—known as the thorn—being elided into a single symbol"; again I was puzzled—it's the symbol that's known as thorn, not whatever he means by the "th being elided."

    languagehat.com: MORE BAD WRITING. 2004

  • Hence the letter collection was known as futhark, futhark, futhorc, or futhork.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol V No 3 1978

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