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futhorc

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fu⋅thark

  [foo-thahrk]
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–noun
the runic alphabet.
Also, futharc, fu⋅thorc, fu⋅thork  [foo-thawrk] .

Origin:
1850–55; so called from first six letters of OE and Scand runic alphabet: f, u, th, a(or o), r, k (modeled on alphabet )
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fu·thark   (fōō'thärk')   
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).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

futhorc 
1851, historians' name for the Gmc. runic alphabet, so called from its first six letters, on the model of alphabet.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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