For example, the T-rune, called *Tiwaz in the Proto-Germanic language, is named after the god Tiwaz (known as Tyr in the Viking Age).
Indeed, in every Germanic language, the word “rune” (from Proto-Germanic *runo) means both “letter” and “secret” or “mystery,” and its original meaning, which likely predated the adoption of the runic alphabet, may have been simply “(hushed) message.”Įach rune had a name that hinted at the philosophical and magical significance of its visual form and the sound for which it stands, which was almost always the first sound of the rune’s name. Each rune was an ideographic or pictographic symbol of some cosmological principle or power, and to write a rune was to invoke and direct the force for which it stood. The runes functioned as letters, but they were much more than just letters in the sense in which we today understand the term. The first systems of writing developed and used by the Germanic peoples were runic alphabets. Passage 1 : CAT Reading Comprehension: Power in language If you would like to take these questions as a Quiz, head on here to take these questions in a test format, absolutely free. RC Passages and the accompanying questions account for around 24 questions out of 34 questions in CAT Verbal Section. Reading Comprehension questions are an integral part of the CAT Exam.
The following questions are from Reading Comprehension for Verbal Ability for CAT.
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