A runic inscription is an inscription made in one of the various runic alphabets. They generally contained practical information or memorials instead of...
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fourth letter, ⟨ᚨ⟩/⟨ᚩ⟩. Runology is the academic study of the runic alphabets, runic inscriptions, runestones, and their history. Runology forms a specialised...
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article contains runic characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of runes. A gold ring (necklace)...
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possible runic inscriptions on the parapet and he handed them over to the Norwegian Runic archive in 1997. There may be additional runic inscriptions waiting...
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database includes, in addition, 16 inscriptions containing a single rune, several runic coins, and 8 cases of dubious runic characters (runelike signs, possible...
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Younger Futhark (redirect from Long-branch runes)
article contains runic characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of runes. The Younger Futhark...
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Elder Futhark (redirect from Older Runic language)
of the runic alphabets. It was a writing system used by Germanic peoples for Northwest Germanic dialects in the Migration Period. Inscriptions are found...
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Sigurd stones (redirect from Uppland Runic Inscription 1163)
The Sigurd stones form a group of eight or nine Swedish runic inscriptions (five or six runestones, two natural rocks, and a baptismal font) and one picture...
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forms of "runic magic", some of which were continued or developed further by contemporary adherents of Germanic Neopaganism. Modern systems of runic divination...
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Jelling stones (redirect from Danish Runic Inscription 41)
article contains runic characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of runes. The Jelling stones...
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runic magic or is a metaphor (or metonym) for it. It is the most common of the early runic charm words. The word disappears from runic inscriptions shortly...
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Runestone (redirect from Runic Stone)
runestone is typically a raised stone with a runic inscription, but the term can also be applied to inscriptions on boulders and on bedrock. The tradition...
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Kylver Stone (redirect from Gotland Runic Inscription 88)
catalog as runic inscription G 88, is a Swedish runestone which dates from about 400 AD. It is notable for its listing of each of the runes in the Elder...
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Runology (redirect from Runic Studies)
Runology is the study of the Runic alphabets, Runic inscriptions, and their history. Runology forms a specialized branch of Germanic linguistics. Runology...
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Varangian runestones (redirect from Uppland Runic Inscription 636)
style KB. This is the classification for inscriptions with a cross that is bordered by the runic text. The runic text states that it was raised in memory...
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the most important runic find in the twentieth century. Before the find of these inscriptions, there was doubt whether the runes were ever used for anything...
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Runic is a Unicode block containing runic characters. It was introduced in Unicode 3.0 (1999), with eight additional characters introduced in Unicode...
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bind rune called a same-stave rune, which is common in Scandinavian runic inscriptions but does not occur at all in Anglo-Saxon runic inscriptions, is...
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contains runic characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of runes. The t-rune ᛏ is named...
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medieval runes, or the futhork, was a Scandinavian runic alphabet that evolved from the Younger Futhark after the introduction of stung (or dotted) runes at...
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Othala (redirect from Othala Rune)
article contains runic characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of runes. Othala (ᛟ), also...
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about 3,000 runestones in Scandinavia (out of a total of about 6,000 runic inscriptions). The runestones are unevenly distributed in Scandinavia: The majority...
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Rök runestone (redirect from Östergötland Runic Inscription 136)
is one of the most famous runestones, featuring the longest known runic inscription in stone. It can now be seen beside the church in Rök, Ödeshög Municipality...
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article contains runic characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of runes. Sowilo (*sōwilō)...
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Viking runestones (redirect from Småland Runic Inscription 10)
The Vocabulary of Runic Inscriptions and Skaldic Verse. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. ISBN 0-85115-826-9. MacLeod, Mindy (2002). Bind-Runes: an Investigation...
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England runestones (redirect from Uppland Runic Inscription 194)
transcriptions from runic inscriptions into standardized Old Norse are in the Swedish and Danish dialect to facilitate comparison with the inscriptions, while the...
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Algiz (redirect from Algiz Rune)
However, possibly due to runic manuscript tradition, it was occasionally used to transliterate the Latin letter X into the runic script.[citation needed]...
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Greece runestones (redirect from Uppland Runic Inscription 956)
meaning "boar"). The inscription also shows the only runic appearance of the name of Iceland, while there are five other runic inscriptions in Sweden that mention...
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Old Turkic script (redirect from Orkhon Runic)
language Tariat inscriptions Sükhbaatar inscriptions Scharlipp, Wolfgang (2000). An Introduction to the Old Turkish Runic Inscriptions. Verlag auf dem...
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Runic transliteration and transcription are part of analysing a runic inscription which involves transliteration of the runes into Latin letters, transcription...
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