In Anglo-Saxon England, the same rune was called Thorn or "Þorn" and it survives as the Icelandic letter Þ (þ). An attempt has been made to account for the substitution of names by taking "thorn" to be a kenning (metaphor) for "giant".
It is disputed as to whether a distinct system of Gothic runes ever existed, but it is clear that most of the names (but not most of the shapes) of the letters of the Gothic alphabet correspond to those of the Elder Futhark. The name of 𐌸, the Gothic letter corresponding to Þ is an exception; it is recorded as þiuþ "(the) good" in the Codex Vindobonensis 795, and as such unrelated to either þurs or þorn. The lack of agreement between the various glyphs and their names in Gothic, Anglo-Saxon, and Old Norse makes it difficult to reconstruct the Elder Futhark rune's Proto-Germanic name.
Assuming that the Scandinavian name þurs is the most plausible reflex of the Elder Futhark name, a Common Germanic form *þurisaz can be reconstructed (cf. Old Englishþyrs "giant, ogre" and Old High Germanduris-es "(of the) giant").
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The Germanic rune ᚦ is mentioned in three rune poems:[1]
thurisaz, nameproto, germanicold, englishold, norse, ÞurisazÞornÞurs, giant, thorn, giant, shapeelder, futharkfuthorcyounger, futharkunicodeᚦ, 16a6transliterationþtranscriptionþþ, ðipa, position, inrune, row3, this, article, contains, runic, characters, withou. NameProto GermanicOld EnglishOld Norse THurisazTHornTHurs giant thorn giant ShapeElder FutharkFuthorcYounger FutharkUnicodeᚦ U 16A6TransliterationthTranscriptionthth dIPA 8 8 d Position inrune row3 This article contains runic characters Without proper rendering support you may see question marks boxes or other symbols instead of runes The rune ᚦ is called Thurs Old Norse THurs a type of entity from a reconstructed Common Germanic THurisaz in the Icelandic and Norwegian rune poems In the Anglo Saxon rune poem it is called thorn whence the name of the letter th derived It is transliterated as th and has the sound value of a voiceless dental fricative 8 the English sound of th as in thing The rune is absent from the earliest Vimose inscriptions but it is found in the Thorsberg chape inscription dated to ca AD 200 Contents 1 Name 2 Rune poems 3 References 4 See alsoName editIn Anglo Saxon England the same rune was called Thorn or THorn and it survives as the Icelandic letter TH th An attempt has been made to account for the substitution of names by taking thorn to be a kenning metaphor for giant It is disputed as to whether a distinct system of Gothic runes ever existed but it is clear that most of the names but not most of the shapes of the letters of the Gothic alphabet correspond to those of the Elder Futhark The name of 𐌸 the Gothic letter corresponding to TH is an exception it is recorded as thiuth the good in the Codex Vindobonensis 795 and as such unrelated to either thurs or thorn The lack of agreement between the various glyphs and their names in Gothic Anglo Saxon and Old Norse makes it difficult to reconstruct the Elder Futhark rune s Proto Germanic name Assuming that the Scandinavian name thurs is the most plausible reflex of the Elder Futhark name a Common Germanic form thurisaz can be reconstructed cf Old English thyrs giant ogre and Old High German duris es of the giant Rune poems editThis section may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia s quality standards You can help The talk page may contain suggestions August 2020 This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Thurisaz news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2020 Learn how and when to remove this message The Germanic rune ᚦ is mentioned in three rune poems 1 Rune Poem 2 English Translation Old Norwegian ᚦ THurs vaeldr kvinna kvillu katr vaerdr far af illu Thurs Giant causes anguish to women misfortune makes few men cheerful Old Icelandic ᚦ THurs er kvenna kvol ok kletta bui ok vardrunar verr Saturnus thengill Thurs Giant is torture of women and cliff dweller and husband of a giantess Saturn s thegn The source of this line in the poem is unclear Anglo Saxon ᚦ Dorn bẏth dearle scearp degna gehƿẏlcum anfeng ẏs ẏfẏl ungemetum rethe manna gehƿẏlcun de him mid rested The thorn is exceedingly sharp an evil thing for any thegn to touch uncommonly severe on all who sit among them Notes In the Icelandic poem Saturn possibly refers to Ymir or Utgarda Loki References edit Dickins Bruce 12 June 2009 Runic and Heroic Poems of the Old Teutonic Peoples 1915 Cornell University Library ASIN B003E7F8LW Original poems and translation from the Rune Poem Page Archived 1999 05 01 at the Wayback Machine See also editRune poem Old English rune poem Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Thurisaz amp oldid 1190316715, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
