futark
Swedish
Noun
futark c
- nonstandard form of futhark
- 1926, “IX. Park-Sagån”, in Bonniers konversationslexikon[1], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Runeberg.org, archived from the original on 11 March 2025, page 1463:
- Antagl. på 700-t. inskränktes antalet R. från 24 till 16. Härigenom uppkom den 16-typiga s. k. yngre futarken.
- Probably in the 8th century, the number of runes was reduced from 24 to 16. This gave rise to the 16-rune so-called Younger Futhark.
- 2019 June 21, Kristin Karlsson, “Lär dig tyda runor i sommar”, in Upsala Nya Tidning[2], archived from the original on 11 March 2025:
- – Jag rekommenderar verkligen att du tar med dig en utskrift av futarken när du ska tyda runor.
- "I really recommend that you bring a printout of the futhark with you, when you're going to decipher runes.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | futark | futarks |
| definite | futarken | futarkens | |
| plural | indefinite | futarker | futarkers |
| definite | futarkerna | futarkernas |