Rune Name Letter Phonetic Value Fehu
f as in "fire" Uruz oo as in "booze" (might be
pronounced: oo as in "book") Thurisaz
unvoiced th as in "thorn" (never th
as in "the") Ansuz a as in "awning", "call" or
"law" Raidho r as in "ride" Kenaz k as in "kick", or hard c as in
"cane". Gebo hard g as in "gift" , y as in "yes",
or silent Wunjo w as in "warm", with lips close
together, almost like a "v". Hagalaz h as in "hail", aspirate "h" as in
modern English Nauthiz n as in "need" Isa ee as in "sleep" Jera y as in "year" or j as in "jaw".
Eihwaz
"eye-wawz" i as in "pride", possibly short i as
in "pick" Perthro p as in "poem" Algiz z or final R Sowilo s as in "sun" Tiwaz t as in "Tuesday" Berkano b as in "birch" Ehwaz a as in "day" Mannaz m as in "mankind" Laguz l as in "life" Ingwaz nasal sound as ng in
"singer" Dagaz voiced th as in "the" (never
unvoiced th as in "thick") or d as in "dog" Othala o as in "oath"
Since the Algiz symbol can represent a final rolling -R rather than
a Z, one might substitute that sound wherever a Z appears above.
"fay-who"
F
"ooo-rooze"
U
"thoor-ee-saws"
TH
"awn-sooze
A
"rye-though
R
"kane-awze
K or C
"gay-boe"
or "yee-boe"
G
"woon-yo"
W or V
"haw-gaw-laws"
H
"now-these"
N
"ee-saw"
I
"yare-awe"
J or Y
EI
"perth-row"
P
"all-yeese"
or Elhaz "ale-hawz"
Z or -R
"soe-wee-low"
S
"tea-wawz"
T
"bear-kawn-oh"
B
"ay-wawz"
or Ehwo
"ay-woh"
E
"mawn-nawz"
M
"law-gooze"
L
"eeeng-wawz"
NG
"thaw-gauze"
D
"oath-awe-law"
O
There are as many different pronunciations of the Elder Futhark rune sounds as there are runic authors. Since the names are modern re-creations of what is referred to as "proto-Indo-European", which no longer exists (or perhaps never existed), your guess is as good as the next person's.
The Woden's Harrow website contains Real Audio sound files of the Elder Futhark.
