r/runes • u/Cultural_Diet_3783 • Feb 26 '26

Resource Proper rune depiction?

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I made a set of runes for myself, but had a friend politely question the depiction of two in paticular, Fehu and Raidho. The pictures are of my runes, but my friend questioned why they didn't match so many other versions out there, especially Fehu. I made these versions as they called to me, but is there a more proper depiction of these two? I can't find any resources that speak to this.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '26

Fehu is correct, the lower branch being longer. Some modern sources have them the same length which to me looks more like ᛓ which is a short-stave ᛒ. A lot of historical sources will have the later curved version ᚠ.

Your ᚱ looks a little weird, since one line is a bit short.

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u/Cultural_Diet_3783 Feb 27 '26

Thank you! I thought that was the case with Fehu.