this is only an interesting observation with no real content. In the thud set, the thudstone has "trollish" and "dwarfish" RUNES* on the sides (along with english)
I in my curiosity, when inspecting these discovered that the "trollish" is actually Ogham and the "dwarvish" (similar if not same to what Tolkien used) is actually Futhark (old norse runes)
The dwarvish is: ᚦᚻᚢᛞ (sorry it's so small) which transliterates to ÞHUD the extra H is unnecessary as the norse had (and iceland still has) special characters for thorn and this called thorn and eth respectively. and the U would probably have sounded like the genram "Unter" not the englush Up but hey.
(for those of you who don't know Þ is called thorn. it makes the "Th" sound in words like thorn (thorn) thrall (slave) thing (meeting) all of which are norse words)
the ogham on the other hand is ᚇᚒᚆᚈ read right to left spelling TÚUD (the ogham had it appears neither H nor Þ)
so that's a bit of trivia for you.
*said in a thick scottish/welsh/nordic/who-are-you-kidding-you-can't-tell-them-appart-anyway accent
Re: [SgtL] THUD RUNES
I didn't realize that the second set of runes was Ogham, but I noticed the Futhark ones. So there is at least "Thhud" engraved on the stone. I trust your translation of the Ogham runes, so I suggest that "Thhud" is ancient dwarvish.
I have not and will not check with Tolkien's Angerthas (which uses mostly Futhark runes) as he just copied the signs and used them at his own liking. Remarkable is in this context, however, that those runes were in Tolkien's work mostly used by dwarves. So I would take the Ogham ones for Troll's runes.
"... understanding consists of reducing one type of reality to another." - Claude Levi-Strauss
Re: [SgtL] THUD RUNES
i think that's what I said as well, futhark-dwarf if not, my appologies
That ain't no English I ever dun heard!
Re: [SgtL] THUD RUNES
don't take it badly, but you guys are mad. and i got no idea what you're talking about...
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained. – Mark Twain
Save the rats, eat a dwarf!
Re: [SgtL] THUD RUNES
you have the thudset right? ITRW?
That ain't no English I ever dun heard!
Re: [SgtL] THUD RUNES
yes i do. and i know you're talking about the runes on the stone, but the rest.... :-S
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained. – Mark Twain
Save the rats, eat a dwarf!
Re: [SgtL] THUD RUNES
which part bothers you?
That ain't no English I ever dun heard!
Re: [SgtL] THUD RUNES
everything.
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained. – Mark Twain
Save the rats, eat a dwarf!
Re: [SgtL] THUD RUNES
the runes are actually old langauges and are used to sorta phonetcally spell "thud"
That ain't no English I ever dun heard!
Re: [SgtL] THUD RUNES
see, now that makes sense even to me.
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained. – Mark Twain
Save the rats, eat a dwarf!
Re: [SgtL] THUD RUNES
but the original was better. beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeettttttttteeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
That ain't no English I ever dun heard!
Re: [SgtL] THUD RUNES
calm down there
_O_
ll( )ll
_] [_
Re: [SgtL] THUD RUNES
ek nie sal nie!
That ain't no English I ever dun heard!
Re: [SgtL] THUD RUNES
hehe,try again..
_O_
ll( )ll
_] [_
Re: [SgtL] THUD RUNES
nie ek sal nie?
That ain't no English I ever dun heard!