Learn your F-U-TH's The runic alphabet, or Futhark, gets its name from its first six sounds (f, u, th, a, r, k), much like the word 'alphabet' derives from the first two letters of the Greek ...

Rune stones are engraved slabs bearing inscriptions in the runic alphabet, used by Germanic and Scandinavian peoples before the adoption of the Latin script. Most rune stones were raised between ...

Runes are the letters of an alphabetic script used to write Germanic languages before the adoption of the Latin alphabet. Their origin is debated but the oldest of the runic alphabets was in use ...