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As you enter the classroom, the first thing that you will notice is that this is no ordinary classroom. There are no desks, nor are there chairs but soft springy grass and a very large tree in the centre of the room.
In the back corner of the room is a small water fountain. The gentle sounds of trickling water has a very calming feel, but please make sure you go to the loo before coming to class. Also you will notice dotted around the room largestonestructures with strange looking inscriptions carved into them.
The room is light and airy thanks to the drapes being opened allowing sunlight to filter through the windows and a gentle breeze is flowing through one of the opened windows.
Professor Jenkins is seated on the grass with his back against the trunk of the tree, casually flipping through a magazine. He lazily flicks his wand at the door and it springs open allowing the students to file in.
“Come in and find yourselves a spot on the grass and park your bums.” he said with a small chuckle. Oliver pointed to a pile of stickers a couple of feet from his right. “Could you also please take a sticker and write your name and house on it and stick it onto your robes.” That would make life easier for him.
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Presley had just read a book on this subject, knowing that she was going to be taking this class this year. Her hand shot into the air. "Literally 'rune' means 'whisper' or 'secret'." She recited. "They are an alphabet used commonly as a divining tool. Runes can teach, protect, curse, call upon powers and can be used as an instrument with which to direct your own power, sir." Presley carefully rephrased the last part so that she wasn't directly quoting. She knew that it typically annoyed people when she recited from a teacher or a book. So she was careful to paraphrase when she could say something just as well as the book had.
She did think runes were so cool. She still had her protection rune from the previous year in her pocket. She carried it with her all the time. And it had protected her, several times she was sure she would have been severly hurt had she not had her rune carved onto a small wood circle with her.
Nate raises his hand and says "Runes are the letters (symbols representing various sound values) of a runic alphabet. They are also magical symbols sometimes used in rituals."
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Ella raised her hand hesitantly. "Professor, runes are symbols used to represent different letters."
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"Does run mean a type of word or letter?" She asked.
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Jezzabelle smiled and raised her hand, "A rune can be any of the letters in the alphabets used by the Germanic peoples." She took a breath and then continued. "There are a eight different versions of the alphabet, I think. That adds up to a lot of runes though, either way." She nodded to herself and Professor Jenkins as well. A lot.
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Kennedy grinned and nodded at the Professor for the compliment. It made him feel smart.
He raised his hand once again to answer the following question. "The word rune means any character from the Germanic alphabet...and each letter has its own magical significance," he said.
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Louisa's face brightened at the mention of her FIRST name! She was probably going to love this professor right away! Only Bentley called her Louisa.. nobody else did! And she loved her first name WAY over her last one... it was special and far away from a neglected family.
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Raising her hand, Louisa answered, a bit more excitedly than her sleepy self before, "Rune meant... alphabets? From older languages when people didn't have parchments to use and wrote them down on rocks... I guess." Or was he looking for the root of the word and all that language talk?
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" Professor, a Rune is a symbol or incantation. " Justin piped up
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Professor Oakey spoke up doesn't Rune mean a mysterious mark with magical significance.
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Silvia raised her hand. "I think a rune is a letter or symbol from an ancient alphabet. They sometimes have magical properties."
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Taylor hemmed and hawed on whether to answer this question or not since she answered last time and she didn't really like speaking up in class. She decided to give an answered since the professor did say excellent last time so she raised her hand slowly again, "Professor, a rune is a symbol representing the different sounds and letters......" She winced, "right?"
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Harvey was happy that he was along the right thinking.. it helped that he remembered his runes lessons from last year.. his first year.. he then heard the professor ask a question.. oh oh.. well lets at least have a go "Dont the runes have an ancient alphabet or something carved into them?" he said he tried to figure out what he meant by that.. hoping that the professor understood it more than he did..
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August was glad to hear that Kurumi had done so well as to get a great reaction from the Runes Professor and gave her a thumbs up before turning back to the front of the room to answer the Professor's next question.
"Sir, Runes are magical objects used to help protect the reader or person being read for. They can also be used to help predict the future." He then added. "They are also physical little blocks of material that are tossed or drawn by the reader."
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Ira had been still fascinated by the look of the class, and so had forgotten to answer the first question.
But as the professor asked the next question, she raised her hand up and answered, "Rune is a poem or incantation of mysterious significance, especially a magic charm."
Oliver moved around the room listening to each of the answers that were given and it seemed that some of the students had not been listening to the question as well as others. "Your answers would have been correct if I had of been asking about the runes themselves. Good try though."
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Oh Merlin! The way that the man's face lit up just now was very surprising to the young lion and a stark contrast to what had happened at the opening feast when he had done more than a subtle eyebrow raise at her and her sweets. Jotting down a few notes, Kurumi looked back up when the next question was asked and raised her hand.
"The word I believe literally means secret or mystery. I think...it is Scandinavian in origin."
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Minerva thought for a second. "Professor does Runes mean something with mystery." she wasn't completely sure, but thought it has something to do with that.
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Alyssa raised her hand and answered.
"Professor does the word rune mean whisper or talk secretly? I believe that it comes from the old English word rūn."
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Zhenya thought about that. She hadn't really had much to do with this subject before but was determined to understand it by the end of the year. It sounded so important! She raised her hand and said "Professor I can't help but think the Ancient means they have been used to centuries, and the Runes meaning what was used. So I think we study the subject to learn about how people used to communicate centuries ago, and how they made magic." she hoped that was right in some way.
Rune... rune... rune. What did it mean? She hadn't been prepared enough for this subject and made a mental note to study the text book when they got back in the common room. She raised her hand, remembering what her brother had told her, and said "I remember something about the word rune meaning secret and magic, and mystery, I suppose because of the alphabet..." she said. That was a short answer, but she thought it might be a decent answer to the question. She wasn't sure...
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Vickers paused and looked up from his notes. What did the word Rune mean? He didnt know. Not off the top of his head. Thats why he was in class, he needed to learn more about this subject given that it was his first time to take Runic anything. Given that he was already very nervous at drawing a complete blank on the Professor's question he did the next best thing--he reached out for his text book.
Reading through a few pages quickly he tentatively raised his hand "Professor, the word Rune goes as far back as the Old English word run, which had taken various meanings-- from to consult/ consultation to runic letter to secret or mystery . The modern meaning, which took that spelling from the Old Dutch word rune means utterance or whisper or message, it has even taken on further meaning such as song or poem"
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Presley had just read a book on this subject, knowing that she was going to be taking this class this year. Her hand shot into the air. "Literally 'rune' means 'whisper' or 'secret'." She recited. "They are an alphabet used commonly as a divining tool. Runes can teach, protect, curse, call upon powers and can be used as an instrument with which to direct your own power, sir." Presley carefully rephrased the last part so that she wasn't directly quoting. She knew that it typically annoyed people when she recited from a teacher or a book. So she was careful to paraphrase when she could say something just as well as the book had.
She did think runes were so cool. She still had her protection rune from the previous year in her pocket. She carried it with her all the time. And it had protected her, several times she was sure she would have been severly hurt had she not had her rune carved onto a small wood circle with her.
"Thank you." Oliver said glancing at each student who gave the right answer. "The question I asked was what does the WORD 'rune' mean? Mr Vanderbilt here as given us a rather thorough explanation." He tossed the the Ravenclaw a grin. "But basically the word means 'secret,' 'whisper' and 'mystery.'" And all those other ones but they got the idea.
"Now since most of you mentioned the runic alphabet. There is in fact three runic alphabets. The most popular of course is the Elder Futhark. What can you tell me about it?" Oliver moved back over the tree and sat back down. "Just a little tidbit of what you know. Don't read out the whole textbook to me. Let others have a chance to answer as well."
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Alex smiled when the professor said he was going to like him. Whoa. No professor EVER said that to him!! He was definitely going to like this professor as well. Not only did he think Alex was cool, but the professor just LOOKED awesome. All rough and tough and stuff.
He raised his hand. "Well, I know the Elder Futhark is the oldest runic alphabet, I know that much," he said with a nod. That was pretty much the extent of it too.
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Oliver moved around the room listening to each of the answers that were given and it seemed that some of the students had not been listening to the question as well as others. "Your answers would have been correct if I had of been asking about the runes themselves. Good try though."
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"Thank you." Oliver said glancing at each student who gave the right answer. "The question I asked was what does the WORD 'rune' mean? Mr Vanderbilt here as given us a rather thorough explanation." He tossed the the Ravenclaw a grin. "But basically the word means 'secret,' 'whisper' and 'mystery.'" And all those other ones but they got the idea.
"Now since most of you mentioned the runic alphabet. There is in fact three runic alphabets. The most popular of course is the Elder Futhark. What can you tell me about it?" Oliver moved back over the tree and sat back down. "Just a little tidbit of what you know. Don't read out the whole textbook to me. Let others have a chance to answer as well."
ooc: Okay I'm taking a rest for a few hours. Please just have your charrie answer the question and I'll continue later on. Don't go crazy either just because I might not be online Professor Jenkins is still in the room.
Taylor mentally slapped herself for not listerning completely to the teacher.... a new question.... elder futhark? Taylor racked her brain then raised her hand, "It is the oldest runic form and was used by the Germanic tribes from 2nd century to 8th century." She said a little on the soft side.
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Alyssa was very familiar with the Elder Futhark runic alphabet since that was what they were taught last term in Ancient Runes class. So she raised her hand and answered.
"Professor, the Elder Futhark is the oldest form of the Runic Alphabet, and it was first used by the Germanic tribes back in the early 2nd to 8th centuries for inscriptions on artifacts such as jewellery, amulets, tools, weapons and runestones. There are 24 runes in the Elder Futhark alphabet." Alyssa could have said more, but she wanted to let the others have a chance in adding more to the subject.
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"Now since most of you mentioned the runic alphabet. There is in fact three runic alphabets. The most popular of course is the Elder Futhark. What can you tell me about it?" Oliver moved back over the tree and sat back down. "Just a little tidbit of what you know. Don't read out the whole textbook to me. Let others have a chance to answer as well."
Zhenya had a think about that - the Elder Futhark, and raised her hand, "Professor the Elder Futhark is a runic alphabet consisting of twe...twenty four letters, I believe," she said. That was her little tidbit. She didn't want to go on about the origin and everything, because she only knew the basic information of that - someone else would know that information much better.
Gustav raised his hand to answer Professor Waylon.
"Elder Futhark is a runic alphabet used by the Germanic tribes..umm perhaps 4th to 8th century, some of the rune letters are quite similar with the one we used today...for example, letter 'R','B' and 'F'...I think...and all of them have a meaning as well..."he replied.
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Kurumi leaned forward a bit and flashed a smile in Vickers' direction. And he had been worried about finding his place in Hogwarts? He seemed to be doing just fine to her. Returning to her relaxed sitting position, Kurumi tapped her quill against her parchment a few times as she thought about what little tid bit she could add that others hadn't. It was a little out of the box compared to what the others had offered up, but at least she knew she wouldn't be repeating things? After a few moments, Kurumi raised her hand.
"Knowledge of the Elder Futhark was forgotten for centuries since it was sort of a secret that only the literate elite knew about. Another runic language, the Younger Futhark, was developed and based off the Elder Futhark, although knowledge of it was more widely known and its uses were different." Her eyes glanced around at all the stone tablets with runic scriptures carved into them...a back at the tree. "It was deducted that the Elder Futhark was used mainly for documentation on stone."
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Tennessee had been sitting there the whole time listening to what her classmates and the professor has to say. now probably she might try her luck in answering. She raised her hand shared, "The elder Futhark Professor is the runic alphabet which is a composite of the runic symbols which are most commonly used. It is also known as Old Germanic Runic alphabet which has twenty four runes. The first six runes spell Futhark."
Oh! So professor had wanted the literal meaning of the word, 'rune'! And Ira had given the answer to what a rune was.
Then when asked the next question, Ira thought about it. The basic information hat she knew about it had already been given by others. So what could she add more? Whatever it was, Ira decided to answer something.
She then raised her hand up and answered, "Professor, the Elder Futhark has 24 runes. It got its name after the sound of the first six runes in this alphabet" She hoped her answer was good enough.
Raising her hand Angelina called out, "Professor, isn't runes just like some sort of old alphabet they use?" ah, she didn't know any of this… she was wondering if she was going to even get thru the class, but she will try hard.
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Others spoke, but Hades continued to write. The piece of parchment laid on his lap with small writings were seen on it. When Professor Jenkins asked a question on what they knew about the Elder Furthark, he was about to answer that iwas the eldest form of rune. However, refrained from doing so as other students had answered it. "It has twenty four runes," said the boy as he raised his free hand when the other was still writing.
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Vickers smiled back at the Professor shyly to appreciate his acknowledgement but as he shifted his sight to Kurumi he started to feel his face warm up. Errr right, onto the next question.
He leafed through a bit more of the text on Elder Futhark before raising his hand "Professor, scholars have been guessing as to what brought about the invention of this script. Some are guessing that it could've been one person or a group of people-- possibly merchants or even mercenaries-- that came in contact with the Roman culture, and derived their own "Roman script" for their own use. It was initially used for epigraphic purposes, but as it developed and became a more established form of writing, it was inscribed in practically anything and everything, since artifacts unearthed ranged from jewelry to weapons, even utensils. "
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Hmmm..Beezus hadn't thought that new Ravenclaw student, what was his name again? Oh, Vickers! He was good in this subject. He knew a lot. And she was astounded upon discovering that she was now just looking at her fellow eagle with admiration and no more raised eyebrows. He really was a Ravenclaw indeed.
She didn't even had the chance to answer the questions asked for she was still absorbing the fact that they have a new eagle who was committed and excels in a certain subject. You can't blame her though, there were some Ravenclaw students who won't even bother attending classes.
Then..the next question. Yes, thankfully. She had managed to notice that Professor Jenkins was asking them something. The Elder Futhark eh? She raised her hand and shared her idea, "Professor, the Elder Futhark is the oldest of all the rune alphabets. It's origin is really unknown yet many believes that it has come either from certain Germanic tribes or old Italic alphabets. And I think it is composed of twenty-four runes."
Messer frowned at the Professor next question he didn't know much about Ancient Runes but he raised his hand anyway "Its the oldest form of the runic alphabet, Sir. And some believe that this runes are originally from the Old Italic alphabets." That's all he know about the Elder Futhark.
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"Thank you." Oliver said glancing at each student who gave the right answer. "The question I asked was what does the WORD 'rune' mean? Mr Vanderbilt here as given us a rather thorough explanation." He tossed the the Ravenclaw a grin. "But basically the word means 'secret,' 'whisper' and 'mystery.'" And all those other ones but they got the idea.
"Now since most of you mentioned the runic alphabet. There is in fact three runic alphabets. The most popular of course is the Elder Futhark. What can you tell me about it?" Oliver moved back over the tree and sat back down. "Just a little tidbit of what you know. Don't read out the whole textbook to me. Let others have a chance to answer as well."
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Zack looked around still watching the water fall. It somewhat interested him to look at it all the time. This fountain is making me crazy! he thought. But why was that, maybe it was reminding him about his muggle life and fun he had there. It wasn't like he wasn't having fun here in Hogwarts but still he missed home especially his dad. He wasn't away from his home from this long. Maybe he would get a habit of it in the coming years. He was only a first year now.
He looked back at the professor as he called out a question. Hmm....Elder Futhark, what do i know about this? He looked back again at the fountain. Oh! i have to stop looking at it. he reminded himself and looked back up at the professor and said "Professor, Elder Futhark, is one of the oldest form of runic alphabet" he said as that was all he could say at the moment.
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Ella shrugged. She didn't know too much about Elder futhark so she shrugged her shoulder and listened to her classmates while attempting to take notes on the grass.
"Now since most of you mentioned the runic alphabet. There is in fact three runic alphabets. The most popular of course is the Elder Futhark. What can you tell me about it?" Oliver moved back over the tree and sat back down. "Just a little tidbit of what you know. Don't read out the whole textbook to me. Let others have a chance to answer as well."
Raising her hand, Louisa replied, "I know, sir, that Futhark is named after the initial phoneme of the first six rune names: F, U, Th, A, R and K." It was a very cool fact and one that got caught in her head since the third year when she first took the subject.
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Oliver moved around the room listening to each of the answers that were given and it seemed that some of the students had not been listening to the question as well as others. "Your answers would have been correct if I had of been asking about the runes themselves. Good try though."
"Thank you." Oliver said glancing at each student who gave the right answer. "The question I asked was what does the WORD 'rune' mean? Mr Vanderbilt here as given us a rather thorough explanation." He tossed the the Ravenclaw a grin. "But basically the word means 'secret,' 'whisper' and 'mystery.'" And all those other ones but they got the idea.
"Now since most of you mentioned the runic alphabet. There is in fact three runic alphabets. The most popular of course is the Elder Futhark. What can you tell me about it?" Oliver moved back over the tree and sat back down. "Just a little tidbit of what you know. Don't read out the whole textbook to me. Let others have a chance to answer as well."
ooc: Okay I'm taking a rest for a few hours. Please just have your charrie answer the question and I'll continue later on. Don't go crazy either just because I might not be online Professor Jenkins is still in the room.
Harvey wrote down the meaning of the word rune for future reference.. he then put up his hand to answer the next question "It contains 24 runes.." he answered.. that was one bit he knew.. he knew another but would let others get that.. he was nice like that..
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Hannah wasn't too sure about this one. It seemed Greek to her. She decided to take a stab in the dark anyhow. "Professor is it one of the oldest forms of the runic alphabet? she said with a raised hand. That much seemed obvious enough, but she didn't want to say too much and make a fool out of herself.
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Kimalia merely wrote down the meaning of Rune in her little notebook, it was too simple to answer and by the time she finished jotting down to answer it, there was another question already. Now she was ready to contribute, "The Elder Futhark is the oldest alphabet for runes that was used by the German tribes back then."
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