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futhark
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fu·thark  (fthärk)
n.
1. The common Germanic runic alphabet.
2. also fu·thorc or fu·thork (-thôrk) The Old English runic alphabet.
[From the first six letters of the alphabet: f, u, th, a, r, k (or c).]
futhark, futharc [ˈfuːθɑːk], futhorc, futhork [ˈfuːθɔːk]
n
(Linguistics) a phonetic alphabet consisting of runes
[from the first six letters: f, u, th, a, r, k; compare alphabet]
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