[gothic-l] Re: Runes and Wulfila's alphabet

[Francisc Czobor]

Hi Keth,

Thank you for your clarification (I have to admit that I have not read 
very carefully the messages about the Illerup runes, so I did not make 
the connection...). It seems very plausible to me that Wulfila used 
the psi letter for "þ" because it ressembled the "thurisaR" mirror 
rune.

Francisc

--- In gothic-l at y..., keth at o... wrote:
> Hi Francisc,
> Wulfila's þ that you identify as psi, can also (perhaps)
> be seen as the "thurisaR" mirror rune. I mentioned those
> a couple of days ago. They were used in the Illerup
> inscriptions, and at first people were not able to read
> them. It was only when they realized that they were
> mirror runes, that the inscriptions became clear.
> Wunjo was among the mirror runes at Illerup.
> 
>         /|\
>         \|/
>          |   = Wunjo as mirror rune.
>          |
> 
> 
>          |
>         /|\
>         \|/  = ThurisaR as mirror rune.
>          |     (at Illerup the sides were
>                 rounded)
> 
> Rounding the two angles of Wunjo, makes it look like Greek phi.
> Can psi have been used for the ThurisaR mirror rune by Wulfila?
> 
> Best regards
> Keth
> 



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