The "R" Rune (ᚱ)--Rune Origins Series

[@JacksonCrawford]

A current (Feb. 2023) summary of what I think is the most likely derivation for the rune alphabet (and its individual letters) at kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKioeqSbf8aBgrs

[@TheAntiburglar]

You certainly picked a hell of a day to record haha. I'm impressed that your hat managed to stay put!

[@jordanmcmorris5248]

Cowboy hats are designed to stay put in the wind! (Looks like he faces right into the wind.) Still surpring though haha it's strong no doubt

[@paulaunger3061]

That is indeed a very impressive hat! LOL!

[@dearkorina3157]

I live in Wyoming, born and raised so I am very familiar with these windy days lol. When I would walk to school as a kid I could turn around, put my arms out so the wind would catch my coat like a sail and basically fly me down the sidewalk. 🤣🤣

[@TheNocturnalpheonix]

Thanks for sharing laughter and memories.😂 Reminded me of Ralphie's Lil brother in a Christmas story.... but with wind lol

[@fartsofdoom6491]

I wish you and everyone else very well, too, Dr. Crawford!

[@MrFomhor]

It's a miracle that your hat stayed on!

[@riptidemonzarc3103]

So anger, angr, and Angst have the same root, and the meaning all shifted. Cool!

[@troelspeterroland6998]

And today the meaning is "remorse" in the Scandinavian languages. 🙂

[@patriciamayhew6321]

Thank you for your dedication and perseverance to record for us in the face of such strong winds! I always learn and enjoy your posts. Thank you so much for your heartfelt good wishes at the end of your message. Very much appreciated and I return the same wishes to you for your good health and well being!

[@anthonydevito1298]

I find the wind relaxing :D

[@paulaunger3061]

Lovely Jackson, I've never doubted that you always mean it when you say you wish us all the best. There's nothing about you or anything you've ever said in these videos which suggests it's just something to say, although it is one of those phrases people tend to chuck out there, like 'Good day' or 'How are you?' without actually meaning it. And definitely all the same to you - hope you and yours are well and thriving *hugs* And I'm really enjoying your Runes playlist. I'm completely fascinated by them and I've got the Runes Handbook on order (there's a softback coming out which is £30 cheaper than the hardback! So I'm definitely going to wait ;p ). Thank you so much for all your hard work on this channel, it's fabulous and I'd be gutted if it suddenly ceased to be. Look after yourself xxx

[@Hin_Håle]

I can't believe that hat is still staying on! Good job hat! 😂

[@hawethornwethers4913]

Great video and uploads lately. Thank you!

[@alabaster2163]

I just received my first set of Runes in the mail a few weeks ago. This is awesome!! Thank you for doing this!!

[@paganbornspiritbear8249]

Love my Runes. I have several sets, wood, bone, quartz, even jade. Love ‘em! Crawford’s videos are so amazing! He has truly deepened my appreciation!

[@alabaster2163]

@@paganbornspiritbear8249 Labradorite set is gorgeous but, a wood set sounds like a great idea. I am really excited to learn!

[@arminiush]

Another great video, Doc! Cleared up some long-standing things. Best back to you, Doc. A lot of us have your back. Enjoy the week end!

[@smugmedievalman6909]

Next video, we see Crawford explaining the c rune while up to his thighs in snow, a white out blowing by, thou canst barely see him, or hear him over the sound of the wind.

[@TheNocturnalpheonix]

Really appreciate the robust, rich reference with reverence.🤘😘🔥

[@diogeneslaertios1752]

You don't have to be an audiophile to notice that kind of wind ;-) Thanks for the video!

[@genskitchenmagic2957]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. The wind is enjoyable; the voice of the Gods. I had someone complain about my canaries singing in the background of my video where I shared free instructions. Tough cookies LOL.

[@GotischOberst]

I'm very glad that you made this video! I have been struggling to find how words that ended in "true R" (such as Baldr, hlátr, etc) would be written in runic inscriptions. Though I am curious about words or names that end in -rr. To my understanding, double consonants are written only once in runes. So would a name such as Ragnarr in the nominative be "ragnar" or "ragnaR"? Or would these both be written since they're not the same rune, i.e. "ragnarR"?

[@prince-electorsnoo2540]

Do you know if this is in anyway connected to the common boy name in Estonian - "Raido"? I know Norse runes have been found among the Finno-Ugric people as well.

[@Juarqua]

Due to the fact that the Estonians and Finnish are closely related (same branch of the uralic languages) and have had contact with germanic peoples as soon as they arrived in the scandinavian region it could very well be. In addition to that both peoples have been ruled by Swedes for quite some time. Thats why "estlandssvenska"/ "rannarootsi keel" does exist.

[@thatwastakenagain]

didn't know the variations in writing existed back then too

[@Ggdivhjkjl]

Are you sure you're not in Oklahoma? 🍃

[@tompatterson1548]

Could you explain why ᛔ was not used for /b/?

[@SirDeathDark]

In Younger Futhark, the ᛒ rune represented both /b/ and /p/, and many, if not most, of the other runes also stood for multiple sounds such that YF is really hard to read. Eventually, one of the developments was stung runes, so that a rune like ᛒ would represent /b/, but its stung version, ᛔ, would represent /p/.

[@troelspeterroland6998]

But you are right: It is actually odd that ᛔ represents the unvoiced sound while the stung rune represents the voiced sound in the other pairs. My guess is that ᛒ was chosen for the voiced sound because of its similarity to the B of the Roman alphabet which was well-known at the time.

[@SirDeathDark]

@@troelspeterroland6998 Well, ᛒ was the original rune and its original sound was /b/ both in Elder Futhark and Anglo-Frisian Futhorc, both of which used a different rune, ᛈ, for /p/. So one possibility is that they associated ᛒ with /b/ first and /p/ second. We can look at another rune to look into it further. In Elder Futhark and Futhorc, /t/ and /d/ (another voiced/voiceless pair) have separate runes, ᛏ and ᛞ. In Younger Futhark, they're both represented by ᛏ. Fast forward to the stung runes, we find that ᛏ/ᛐ retains the original /t/ sound, while /d/ is moved to ᛑ.

[@troelspeterroland6998]

@@SirDeathDark Yes but then they would have to have preserved some sort of memory of the original sound value for 250 years or 7-8 generations after the futhark was changed and it was made ambiguous. My estimate is that the Roman explanation is more parsimonious, i.e. demands a less far-reaching assumption.

[@SirDeathDark]

@@troelspeterroland6998 What I said was not a far reaching assumption. They DID preserve a memory of the original sound value, and we know they did so because we've recovered at least 3 rune poems, two of which are for Younger Futhark. If you grow up learning ᛒ is bjarkan and ᛏ is Tyr, then it makes sense that when you then go to separate /b/ from /p/, you'd keep the /b/ on ᛒ.

[@ratboy_]

Yesss more alphabet history to inject directly into my carotid

[@bendthebow]

Ah so angst in German and angr in Norse from angazaz

[@Darkurge666]

"Rida" in modern Swedish. Same word as riding, when riding a horse.

[@Darkurge666]

But pronounced more like you'd pronounce "reeda" in English.

[@beepboop204]

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