루운 문자의 기원과 고대영어 비문 해석 = The Origin of Runic Writings and Old English Runes

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

In this paper I presented the origin of runic writing from the Germanic runic tradition until the Anglo-Saxon runic scriptions with some main theories on the origin of the fupark in which three main theories have so far merited serious consideration: Latin, Greek, and Northern Italic origin. Weighing all the available evidence we are forced to admit that it is not enough for a watertight theory on the origin of the fupark.
The common Germanic fupark consists of twenty-four runes and the shapes and sound-values of the individual runes in common Germanic usage were explained in detail. In addition, I focused more on the runes employed by the Anglo-Saxon settlers of Britain which shows certain modifications in form and sound conditioned by linguistic changes. It was also shown that the Anglo-Saxon runic alphabets marked an increase in the number of runes, reaching in ninth-century Northumbria a maxium of thirty-three runes and the first complete extant Old English runic alphabets of twenty-eight letters were recorded. I have selected in this paper two of the English runic inscriptions, viz., Ruthwell Cross and Franks casket, both of which show the best known and most imposing of all the remaining English runic inscriptions.
My conclusion must be that Englishmen of that time continued to cherish the traditions of their forefathers and were fully aware not only of the ancient dignity of the fuporc but of something of its age-old mystery.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• 1. 루운 문자의 기원
• 2. 공통 게르만어의 루운 문자
• 3. 고대 영국의 루운 문자
• 4. 고대영어 루운 비문 해석
• (가) The Ruthwell Cross
• (나) The Franks Casket
• 5. 맺는 말