Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
FUTHORC
Etymology
Noun
futhorc (plural futhorcs)
The Runic alphabet as used to write Old English.
Source: Wiktionary
Fu"thorc Fu"thork, n. [Written also futharc, futhark.]
Definition: The Runic alphabet; -- so called from the six letters f, u, Ăľ (th), o (or a), r, c (=k).
The letters are called Runes and the alphabet bears the name Futhorc from the first six letters. I. Taylor.
The spelling futharc represents most accurately the original values of these six Runic letters.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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