Germanic studies

field of humanities that researches, documents, and disseminates German language and literature

German research institute and book series

field of study

thumb|right|Children being taught a runic alphabet (1555), from Olaus Magnus's [[Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus]] Runology is the study of the runic alphabets, runic inscriptions, and their history. Runology forms a specialized branch of Germanic linguistics.

Weisthümer is a collection of partially oral legal traditions from rural German-speaking Europe by Jacob Grimm, published in four volumes (1840–1863), intended for use in research into Germanic law.