How to write using the runes.

In the July 1st article we covered what it means to use the runes. In this article we're going to take a look at how we can use the runes for writting and how to go about doing so.

A great use for the runes is to use them for writing. Whether it is for your own personal use to mark objects, to encrypt a personal message or even for ritual or religious uses, it's a good way to use the runes. But how does someone go about writing with the runes? It's simple. Since the runes were developed as an "alphabet" the different symbols represent different phonetic sounds and represent letters. So to write with the runes you can do one of a few things.

First, and probably the easiest way, is to write out what you want written in the runes and replace the letters with the letters that match the rune symbols. Each rune has a sound but also has a letter that it represents. For example the Elder Futhark rune "fehu" represents the letter "f" and carries the appropriate "f" sound.

The second way to write something out with the runes is to break it down phonetically. This would probably be the best way to write something if you want your message to be better understood. The best way to explain this is by comparing both methods with examples. First we'll show the word "three" and then we'll show the word "cake".

Breaking the word "three" apart would leave us with five individual letters. And would look something like the following:

(figure 1)

(figure 2)

(figure 3)

(figure 4)

As you can see from the first "three" (fig. 1) that we've used one rune symbol for each letter. In the second "three" (fig. 2) we've made use of the "th" rune (thurisaz) but we've kept the rune ehiwaz ("e" sound). In the third "three" (fig. 3) we again made use of the "th" rune but also used the rune isa, which has an "ee" sound as in the word "east". There are two ways that you can do the "three" in figure 3. The first is like we have it there. The second is to use two isa runes where each one represents one of the "e" letters. There is no set rule as to which way is the right way. Some may argue with you, but if you're using this for your own personal use then do whatever you feel is most comfortable for you.

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