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Answers Lesson 1 - Tests and Reading

Comprehension Test

1. What does a scientist not do without data?
   

   theorize

2. Which group tried to eradicate the runes?
   The early Christians

3. Out of what may the runes have emerged?
   Out of prehistoric rock carvings though it is quite possible they were influenced also by a number of other alphabets developing alongside them in the historic period

4. Which is correct - A is for Apple or O is for Apple?
   

   They both are depending on context. If you are unsure about this read the lesson again

5. What is a rune glyph?
   the picture used to represent it

6. What should we think of a rune glyph as?
   as a door way which you have the power to open to access the full power of the rune

7. What can the Old English (Anglo-Saxon) letter "g" become in modern English?
   

   It can become the letter "y", for example Ger becomes Yer (year)

8. What does the word "runa" mean?
   "secret" or "mystery"

9. Which rune glyph may show a spear?
   Tiwaz (Tir)

10. Which modern word do we get from the name of the rune "Rad"?
    "Road"

Further Exercises

1. Using the translation guidelines contained in the lesson, what modern words do these rune names become? (hint - remember it was the sound of the word that was important and this is likely to have been preserved even if the spelling may be different)

• Daeg?
  "g" becomes "y"
  "ae" becomes "a"
  Hence it becomes "day"

• Haegl?
  "g" becomes "y"
  "ae" becomes "a"
  Hence it becomes "Hayl" which in modern English is "Hail"

• Wynn?
  "y" becomes "i"
  Hence it becomes "Winn" or in modern English "win"

2. Take any two syllable word (MAP, ARM etc) and design a glyph representing each separate sound using only straight lines in a similar way to this example

Since we gave you an example we will assume you didn't have any problems with this. It was really only to give you a first hand taste of how rune glyphs may form. Actually we used a horizontal line in our sample glyph and you may well have done the same (we didn't impose this restriction on you since it would have only complicated your life further, and we didn't see the need), but with real rune glyphs horizontal lines were not possible either, since cutting them into wood causes a problem with the grain of the wood.

Reading

Nothing further to add to our previous comments

You have completed this exercise. If you got any of the comprehension answers wrong go back and look at the lesson again to work out why this happened before moving on and do not take more than one Lesson a week.

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