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 ...

The runes are an ancient writing system used by Germanic peoples, especially the Vikings, between the 2nd and 15th centuries. These letters are part of the alphabet known as "futhark," named after ...

This linguistic puzzle raises exciting questions: ・Were these runes proto-forms of the later futhark alphabets? ・Did ...

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 ...