Runology

perpetual calendar based on the 19 year long Metonic cycle of the Moon

thumb|Wynn in the Hildebrandslied manuscript (830s): the text reads ƿiges ƿarne. thumb|Capital wynn appears twice in this 10th century inscription in Breamore: her sƿutelað seo gecƿydrædnes ðe (Here is manifested the Word to thee). Wynn or wyn (; also spelled wen, win, ƿynn, ƿyn, ƿen, and ƿin), is a letter of the Old English alphabet, where it is used to represent the sound . It was a continued use of the Anglo-Frisian Futhorc runes. Futhorc was the native alphabet of Old English before the Latin alphabet was adopted, and it was a sibling alphabet to the Younger Futhark alphabet that Old Norse

The Cirth (, meaning "runes"; sg. certh ) is a semi‑artificial script, based on real‑life runic alphabets, one of several scripts invented by J. R. R. Tolkien for the constructed languages he devised and used in his works. Cirth is written with a capital letter when referring to the writing system; the letters themselves can be called cirth.

ancient or modern magic performed with runes or runestones

database of runic inscriptions (1987-)

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.

thumb|upright|Page from the about the Ægishjálmur (occult symbol)|Ægishjálmur occult symbol.

literary form with examples in Old English, Old Norse, and Icelandic

Old Norse letter used to represent the sounds /u/, /v/, and /w/

ligature of two or more runes