Any suggestions for a good scholarly (non-New Age) book on the Elder Futhark (Runes)?

Question

I'm looking to pick up a book on the Elder Futhark, if I can find one--I just went to Amazon.com and most, if not all, of what comes up are New Age, Neo-Pagan, Occult, whatever, books. I just want a scholarly book on the runes--nothing for spell-casting, tarot or whatever, just the runes, their meanings, their pronunciations, history, variations, that sort of thing. Anybody have any suggestions for a good read?

Answer 1

a good dictionary (merriam-webster's collegiate was my source, back in the day) and encyclopedia (the world book, ditto) will have some info. wikipedia, though not always 100% correct (or free of new ageism) has, on a quick scan, a scholarly enough few pages on 'em. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elder_Futhark (another page deals with the youger runes, and there's a bibliography and links to other pages - you really can't go wrong). one caveat - my browser's not displaying the symbols, correctly, so you may have to download a runic font, to see 'em. have (historical) fun! side note - though the new age stuff, today, is largely... unreliable... the runes WERE used, in their day, for magical purposes. did these "magics" work? it is not for me to say.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

try ancient methods of divination or archeological references to rune divination