Rune Poems

As rune poem is called five medieval mnemonic, which provide the names of the runes into a poem. They are together with the other so-called Runica manuscripta, the collected manuscripts with runic texts, the only sources of the runes name.

Rune poems

Altenglisches runic poem about 10th century

The Old English rune poem consists of 29 alliterative verses that call 29 runes name and rewrite. It was preserved in a manuscript (Cotton Otho BX fol ), which was damaged in a 1731 fire in London. Today early copies must be used as the source. It is the only poem that handed down the names of the runes of the elder Futhark, because they are included in the Anglo-Saxon Futhark.

Altnorwegisches runic poem about 14th century

For the Old Norwegian Rune Poem, the research is also dependent on copies and prints, as it burned in the 1728 fire of Copenhagen. It consists of 16 alliterative Runhentstrophen where found both the rod and the end rhyme application.

Altisländisches runic poem about 13th century

The tradition of altisländisches rune poem is divided into four manuscripts of the Arnamagnäanischen collection, the oldest of which dates back to the 15th century. The poem consists of 16 stanzas, the metric similar to the Ljóðaháttr (in a long line always followed by a short line that stabt in itself).

The Anverse of altisländisches rune poem resemble remarkably often those of the Old Norse. Moreover, it is the only poem that handed the name Ase for the a- rune. The other poems were probably avoided this from shy in front of the pagan gods.

Abecedarium Nordmannicum about the 9th century

The Abecedarium Nordmannicum is probably derived from a Danish tradition rune poem, which has been preserved in a manuscript of St. Abbey Library of the Monastery of St. Gallen Gallen. The poem lists the runes of the younger Futhark, which are roughly divided into ættir.

Summary

From the individual poems, the runes name for the original Elder Futhark of 24 runes were developed. The names were also philological returned from the various Germanic languages ​​in their primitive Germanic form with which one identifies the runes today.

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