In this interactive, see your own name spelled out in runes, and learn the meaning of each of the 24 runic characters. The runic alphabet, or Futhark, gets its name from its first six letters (f ...

Runic alphabets differed by Germanic regions and ... studying the runes on the Svingerud Stone have deciphered a name that spells “idiberug” in Roman letters. According to the team, this ...

Researchers say the runic letters may spell "little sword," which could have been the name of the knife's owner ... they preferred to write with the Roman alphabet, and runes were no longer ...

A name or epithet may also be attached to the same sequence ... being linked with deities in Germanic paganism. The runic alphabet eventually evolved to reflect the transition from the Proto-Norse ...

Runes are the oldest known form of writing in Scandinavia, and the alphabet was widely used from the beginning of the Common Era (CE) and throughout the Viking Age until the late Middle Ages ...