tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805088825700252251.post4015422774297742974..comments2024-03-08T10:33:16.454-08:00Comments on Nordic Wiccan: Fire: Body is a TempleSilverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00165492514333129120noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805088825700252251.post-74673005356134670462015-03-01T06:52:46.260-08:002015-03-01T06:52:46.260-08:00Hail and Thank You! You are correct with you rese...Hail and Thank You! You are correct with you research and there is no real answer 'why' but let me maybe expand from what I know.<br /><br />There are several systems of runes that can be used. The most common and oldest form is the Elder Futhark with 24 runes - from 2nd to 8th centuries. Most people who work with runes prefer to stick to the basic 24 Futhark set, largely because those are what they can find all around them. Then there is the Anglo Saxon and Frisian which adds on 5 more runes - starting about 5th centuries. The Anglo-Saxon is much more adaptable for writing ordinary messages in English, as they contain certain letters and sounds that Norse doesn't use. And finally there is the Northumbrian which is more uncommon and adds on 4 more runes. (There is also rune systems in Armanen, Younger Futhark, Gothic, Cipher, Orlanthi, Medieval and many other sets) <br /><br />The Northumbrian runes are an extension of the Anglo-Saxon runes. It adds 4 more runes to the Anglo-Saxon set making the total 33 runes. Examples of them can be found in the Cottonian Collection, now at the British Library. The Domitian is one manuscript there with Anglo Saxon Chronicles and Futhorc Row - from about 11th century. But many manuscripts there are now in fragments with parts completely destroyed. So, like stan, calc and gar, there is no standard poem, lore or text. <br /><br />Cweorð may be a modification of peorð. But of the four additional letters, only the cweorth rune fails to appear epigraphically. In the Domitian manuscript there are a total of 33 letters, one of the only few known examples of its use that I can think of. And like you pointed out, it was more for the letter q, instead of fire. Add into the mix that I have heard of may be a misinterpretation and the mystery deepens. <br /><br />I read from Raven Kaldera at Northern Shamanism www.northernshamanism.org. The author Galina Krasskova book 'Runes Theory and Practice' or author Alaric Albertsson 'Wyrdworking'. The British Library would be another resource http://searcharchives.bl.uk. But cweorth is not a Norse word and an irregular rune so there is not much historical information. Blessed Be!<br /><br /><br />Silverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00165492514333129120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7805088825700252251.post-33878732911938631352015-03-01T04:40:44.660-08:002015-03-01T04:40:44.660-08:00Greetings! You have a lovely blog :) I have re...Greetings! You have a lovely blog :) I have recently started digging into the Northumbrian runes; according to Elliot, the word "cweorth" has no meaning (a perusal of an Anglo-Saxon dictionary, rather unsurprisingly, backed this up.) There is also no poem associated with it and the rune is found only in manuscripts where the letter "q" was needed. So my question is--when and how did it become associated with Fire and/or the fire-twirl (or hearth fire or funeral pyre, which seem to be the most common meanings given to this rune)? H.B. Pattskynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201149134614884167noreply@blogger.com