Talk:Rune poems

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[edit] Rune poem copies

Is there a reason no one has put up a copy of the rune poems yet? Yasha

apart from the copy, prominently linked, on wikisource? dab (ᛏ)

"Prominently" might be a bit overstated. But thanks for the clue by four.  ;-) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yasha (talk • contribs) 02:29, 14 March 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Poem origins

Does any one know the origin of the poems? As in where the documents were found, on clay or paper, etc? Seems everywhere I look I find nothing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.95.12.187 (talk • contribs) 17:36, 31 October 2005 UTC

I've been wondering about this myself for a long time. The answer might be in the book Runic and Heroic Poems of the Old Teutonic Peoples by Bruce Dickins? I am surprised that this is not mentioned. --Skadinaujo (talk) 21:14, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
A note in Heusler's Altgermanische Dichtung (1929) led me to Dickins' Runic and Heroic Poems (1915). Thanks to the wonderful folks at the Internet Archive, you can view the online flipbook here. Be sure to read the introduction to the rune poems (pp. 1-11). It also has a good (though early) bibliography. That should get you headed in the right direction. ;) —Aryaman (talk) 22:16, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Trees & Ogham?

I don't think this is necessarily correct:

"The fact that some Anglo-Saxon runes were given names of trees (ᛇ Eoh "yew", ᚪ Ac "oak", ᚫ Æsc "ash", c. f. also AS thorn vs. Norse thurs) may be related to the names of the Ogham signs, all of which are called after trees."

According to some Ogham experts, notably Peter Berresford Ellis, Ogham signs were not all named after trees. Here is a link to an article by Ellis that elaborates.

http://cura.free.fr/xv/13ellis2.html

There was lively discussion of the whole "tree" thing on the main page for Ogham, and it was more or less agreed that the arboreal connection should be presented pro and con.

Suggest we put a "." after "signs" and strike the "all of which were named after trees" from this article.

--dragonflykarate 13:01, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Character encoding

What character encoding do I need to use to see these runes? In UTF-8 (for me), they all appear as question-marks. - Casey

Hi Casey. You need to install Junicode or another font which has the runic range. We're still ironing out the bugs to maximize viewability for the largest amount of readers. - WeniWidiWiki 05:44, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks! - Casey 71.56.223.2 01:14, 15 January 2007 (UTC)