Okay, you asked for it, and here it is.
Introducing the Mead Hall- where idle chit chat and banter pass the time away.

There is only one thing I ask here:  please refrain from political discussions, as these tend to get ugly fast. No matter how many people agree with your point of view, there will also be several with the opposite opinion.
Other than this, it's a free-for-all - no other taboos, no language filters.
Thanks!

Better late than never - I've created the promised section now for the 9 additional anglo-saxon runes: ac, æsc (aesc), yr, iar, ear, kalc, gar, cweorð (cweorth), and stan.

Only ac, aesc, yr, iar, and ear have stanzas in the OE poem; what scholars know about the remaining 4- kalc, gar, cweorth, and stan, come from runestones, or other sundry bits of literature.

Stan  St  Stahn

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The Stan rune is not described by the Anglo Saxon poem. It is believed to mean "stone".

 

Cweorth Cth  Kwairth

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The Cweorth rune is not described in the Anglo Saxon poem. It is believed to mean "fire".

 

Gar  G  Gar

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The Gar rune is not described in the Anglo Saxon poem. It is believed to mean "spear".

 

Kalc  Kk  Kalk

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The Kalc rune is not described in the Anglo Saxon poem. It is believed to mean "chalice". 

 

Iar  Ia  ee-ah

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Old English      Iar byþ eafix and ðeah a bruceþ fodres on foldan,      hafaþ fægerne eard      wætre beworpen,      ðær he wynnum leofaþ.

Iar is a river fish and yet it always feeds on land;       it has a fair abode       encompassed by water,       where it lives in happiness.

Ear  Ea  Ay-ah

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Old English      Ear byþ egle eorla gehwylcun,      ðonn[e] fæstlice flæsc onginneþ,hraw colian,      hrusan ceosan blac to gebeddan;      bleda gedreosaþ,wynna gewitaþ,      wera geswicaþ.

The grave is horrible to every knight,       when the corpse quickly begins to cool       and is laid in the bosom of the dark earth.       Prosperity declines, happiness passes away       and covenants are broken.

Yr  Y  Yir

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Old English      Yr byþ æþelinga and eorla gehwæs wyn and wyrþmynd,      byþ on wicge fæger,      fæstlic on færelde,      fyrdgeatewa sum.

Yr is a source of joy and honour to every prince and knight;       it looks well on a horse       and is a reliable equipment       for a journey.

Aesc  A  Ash

This rune was originally the shape of Ansuz in the Elder Futhark, though the sound is different. (Ahh vs. Aaah)

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Old English      Æsc biþ oferheah,      eldum dyre stiþ on staþule,      stede rihte hylt,      ðeah him feohtan on firas monige.

The ash is exceedingly high and precious to men.        With its sturdy trunk        it offers a stubborn resistance,        though attacked by many a man.

Ac  A  Ahk

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Old English      Ac byþ on eorþan elda bearnum flæsces fodor,      fereþ gelome ofer ganotes bæþ;      garsecg fandaþ hwæþer ac      hæbbe æþele treowe.

The oak fattens the flesh of pigs for the children of men.       Often it traverses the gannet's bath,         and the ocean proves whether the oak         keeps faith in honourable fashion.

Minor update, I read Intro to English Runes.

Good, solid, academic and historic research, but really kinda dry, too.
Might not be to everyone's tastes, unless you have a thing for history.

Personally I have not, but it sounds well, sound.  I haven't completed my own runes yet, I keep putting it off. (I know, shame on me).  I've got the pieces all cut out from an ash branch, but haven't carved/burned the runes in yet.

I think anything that helps you to feel more in touch with your personal tools is a major plus.

Absolutely wn! That's just another type of spread, really.
Offhand, I can't remember which of my books mention that form of reading, but I think the Runecaster's Handbook is one of them.
I think the way it was read was, runes closest to the center were either of the more immediate future, getting more distant in time as you read towards the edge, or of more significance. I think the former though.  Runes that fall face down can either be ignored, or read as "murkstaves", and also runes that fall in close proximity to each other have a stronger bearing on each other, reinforcing the meanings they make in combination, than runes that fall apart from each other or oppose each other i.e. one far right, one far left.

If in fact it was the casting of runes that Tacitus wrote about in his work "Germania" (though he only mentioned staves from a fruit bearing tree) it would indicate that it was the original method of runic divination.  And while we have no concrete proof it was actually runes that were inscribed on those staves, I'm not aware of any other symbology used by the ancient germanics... what else could it be?

But outside of that, I think pretty much any reading system you devise, so long as it is consistent, should work for you. In fact, much like spellwork, one you customize yourself might work better for you than any of the standard types.  (I'm being maybe a bit hypocritical here, I've never used anything other than the Celtic Cross when reading Tarot, lol)

Hi NewVitki, and welcome to the board!

I hope you find it useful, informative, entertaining, and fun, and look forward to your posts.

Hi Ulfr,  welcome, and thanks.  I hope you find it interesting.  There's more to come.