I have read that they were used up until the dark ages, but i was wondering how you read words aloud. do you say each indevidual letter?
No, no Wayland. You are supposed to sell him your pamphlet with the True! Age Old! Secret! Revealed! Just UKP 87, special price, offer good while suppies last.
Yes, I suppose I should just jump onto the gravy train really but I make my living from education, so I just hate misinformation.
There's plenty of mentions of runes used in "new age twaddle" ways Wayland - Egil, Sigurd, the Sayings of Har.
New Age doesn't mean twaddle, nor are all New Agers fluffy bunnies with glitter and sparkles.
AFAICR we know that runes were used for magical purposes (to the extent you can trust fiction written a couple of hundred years after the fact). But, also AFAICR, we have no idea *how* they did it.
I want to learn runes, and old english, has anyone done it, and if so how easy is it and where would you start?