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 ...

This linguistic puzzle raises exciting questions: ・Were these runes proto-forms of the later futhark alphabets? ・Did different regions develop unique runic traditions before a standardized ...

However, while the Vikings used a runic alphabet called younger futhark, earlier examples that predate the emergence of this ...

It is a combination of two runes from the Younger Futhark alphabet: ᚼ (H) and ᛒ (B), which are the initials of Harald Bluetooth’s name. These runes were used in Old Norse inscriptions and ...