Runic Alphabet
OriginScandinavia
Earliest150
TypeAlphabet
About Runic Alphabet
Used by Germanic peoples before adopting Latin script. The Elder Futhark had 24 runes. The Younger Futhark used by Vikings had only 16. The blank rune in modern divination sets was invented in 1982, not historical. Rune stones across Scandinavia commemorate the dead. Tolkien based Elvish script on Anglo-Saxon runes.
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