![]() As such, the runes, in the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc, read 'Shord of Chin'gs', not even 'Sword/Shord of Kings' as previously said. The "ng" sound has its own rune, Ing - this isn't used, they use the rune Nyd followed by the rune Gyfu, which would be an "N" sound followed by a "G" sound rather than an "Ng" sound. I'd like to add, though: The Cen rune at the start of "Kings" is pronounced as a Ch if it precedes an I. Also noted is that it actually reads "Shord", not "Sword". I stumble around On the soft muddy ground I call out the name Of the friends I cant find But only the wind And the ravens reply With every gasp With every breath Smoke fills my lungs And my intestines wrench With every gasp The sweet taste of death The air is full of a thick Pungent stench So comes the rain Its colder than ice I wash off my. ![]() As has been noted, it is written in modern English which is peculiar - it would have been better if it were in Old English if intended to have been taken from the Saxons, or in Old Norse using the Younger Futhark if intended to have been made by the Norsemen. ![]() Anyway, I was to say: The runes on the sword are actually from the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc, not the Norse Younger Futhark (the Os rune and Cen rune are present on the sword and are not present in the Younger Futhark). New to reddit, took me a year to work out this was the space for commenting, haha wow. ![]()
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