Pronunciation Guide



RUNE-NAMES:
__The rune-names given here are in Proto-Germanic. Pronunciation is relatively simple: There are only five vowel sounds,
and the consonants, with the exceptions below, are as in mModern English.

a - as in "father"
e - ay, as in "day"
i - ee, as in "speed"
o - as in "home"
u - oo, as in "moon"
dh - a soft th, as in "leather"
g - always hard, as in "give"
h - may be heavily aspirated, almost as a ch
j - always pronounced as y
k - always a hard sound; no soft c exists
r - trilled
th - as in "thorn"
z - always buzzed, halfway between an r and a z

OLD NORSE
a - as in "law"
á - as in "father"
e - as i in "gin"
é - as ay in "day"
i - as in "is"
í - ee as in "speed"
o - as in "omit"
ó - as in "owe"
Ø, ö - as in "not"
u - oo, as in "soot"
ú - oo, as in "droop"
y - u, as in French tu
ý - u, as in German Tür
ae - e as in "get"
au - ou as in "house"
ei - ay as in "day"
ey - as in ei
dh - a soft th as in "leather"
f - pronounced as English f initially, as English v in medial and final positions.
g - hard as in "give"
j - always as English y
ng - as in "sing"
r - trilled; r on the end of the word is not given an extra syllabe.
s - always voiceless, as in "blast"
th - as in "thorn"
z - pronounced as ts (as in German)



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