Runes and Pronunciation

Following is the Icelandic Alphabet,
the Runic character equivalents of the Alphabet and
the pronunciation of vowels in Icelandic.

Letter	Rune	Pronunciation
A a		Like the A in aha!
Á á		Like the ow in how
B b
C c
D d
Ð ð		Like the th in mother
E e		Like the e in men
É é		Like the yea in yeah
F f
G g
H h
I i		Like the i in simple
Í í		Like the ee in feeble
J j
K k
L l
M m
N n
O o		Like the o in song
Ó ó		Like the o in go
P p
Q q
R r		Errrr as in the berrrrr of a pneumatic drill
S s
T t
U u		Like the u in uh?
Ú ú		Like the oo in foot
V v
X x
Y y		Like the i in simple
Ý ý		Like the ee in feeble
Z z		Same as for S
Þ þ		Like the th in Athens
Æ æ		Like the i in mine
Ö ö		Like the u in murder

This page is based on
Úlfar Erlingsson's page, the illustrations
and pronunciation descriptions are from his site.
Our best thanks to Úlfar for allowing
the addition of this page to Virtually Virtual Iceland.