[!CrackMonkey!] "gar" and "ing" no longer in the Younger Futharc

[Mr. Bad]

Gar gar gar Ogam Wheel gar gar!!!!1!1!

~Mr. Bad

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From: Tom Peters <tom at TOMPTH.XS4ALL.NL>
Subject: Runes on the Ogam wheel
To: CALNDR-L at ECUMAIL7.ECU.EDU

Somewhat off-topic, but when looking into runes and comparing those used
on the Ogam wheel, I noticed the following:

The Ogam wheel supposedly uses the Younger Futharc to count days, and also
13 consonants from Celtic/Germanic runes to name the 4-week periods.

Now among these 13 runes, "gar" and "ing" were no longer in the Younger
Futharc if I read my sources well.  Their names seem to come from the Old
English runes; but the symbol used on the Ogam wheel for "gar" rather was
used in the Elder Futharc (for "jera", consonant value 'J'), while Old
English "gear" was written with a rune resembling the Greek capital
"Phi" and had consonant value 'G'.

Indeed, "ing" is not among the 16 day runes; but "gar" is.

The Younger Futharc had a rune "ar" which seems to replace "jera" and has
a vowel value "ae"or "a", and written with a symbol that is the
mirror image of "naud" ('N').  This rune is not among the 4 vowels that
are listed with the Ogam wheel; instead, "jera"/"gar" is used there.

Finally, "yr" is from the Younger Futharc and not the Elder, but seems to
have represented an 'R' rather than the vowel 'Y'.

So even when considering that there was much variation and little
consistency among runic inscription geographically and across the ages, I
have the impression that the Ogam wheel mixes Elder, English, and Younger
runes.

http://www22.brinkster.com/oddslibrary/nordic/
(more on-topic, see the scans of the "Computus Runicus" linked on that
page).
http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U16A0.pdf

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