runic script

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Writing system.name: Runic
Writing system.type: Alphabet
Writing system.languages: Germanic languages
Writing system.time: Elder Futhark from the 2nd century AD
Writing system.fam1: Egyptian hieroglyphs
Writing system.fam2: Proto-Sinaitic
Writing system.fam3: Phoenician
Writing system.fam4: Greek alphabet
Writing system.fam5: Old Italic
Writing system.children: Elder FutharkYounger FutharkAnglo-Saxon futhorc
Writing system.unicode: U+16A0–U+16FF
Writing system.iso15924: Runr
Writing system.sample: CodexRunicus.jpeg
Writing system.imagesize: 150px

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Commons gallery: Runes
Commons category: Runic writing
inception: 0300-00-00
Unicode range: U+16A0-16FF
name: runique
native label: ᚱᚢᚾᛟ

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Contents

Name
Etymology
Related terms
History and use
Origins
The Meldorf fibula and Tacitus's ''Germania''
Early inscriptions
Magical or divinatory use
Medieval use
Runes in Eddic poetry
Futharks<span class="anchor" id="Futhark"></span>
Elder Futhark (2nd to 8th centuries)
Anglo-Saxon runes (5th to 11th centuries)
"Marcomannic runes" (8th to 9th centuries)
Younger Futhark (8th to 11th centuries)
Runic alphabets{{anchor|Runic alphabets}}
Medieval runes (12th to 15th centuries)
Dalecarlian runes (16th to 19th centuries)
Other Swedish post-Reformation runes
Norwegian post-Reformation runes
Differences from Roman script
Ideographic runes
Runology
Body of inscriptions
Modern use
Esotericism
Germanic mysticism
Nazis and neo-Nazis
Modern paganism and esotericism
Bluetooth
Fantasy literature
Video, board and role-playing games
Unicode
See also
Runology works
Similar scripts to runes
Footnotes
References
Sources
External links

Runes are the letters in a set of related alphabets, known as runic rows, runic alphabets or futharks ( futhark vs runic alphabet), native to the Germanic peoples. Runes were primarily used to represent a sound value (a phoneme) but they were also used to represent the concepts after which they are named (ideographic runes). Runology is the academic study of the runic alphabets, runic inscriptions, runestones, and their history. Runology forms a specialised branch of Germanic philology.

The earliest secure runic inscriptions date from at latest AD 150, with a possible earlier inscription dating to AD 50 and Tacitus's possible description of rune use from around AD 98. The Hole Runestone dates from between BC 50 and AD 275. Runes were generally replaced by the Latin alphabet as the cultures that had used runes underwent Christianisation, by approximately AD 700 in central Europe and 1100 in northern Europe. However, the use of runes persisted for specialized purposes beyond this period. Up until the early 20th century, runes were still used in rural Sweden for decorative purposes in Dalarna and on runic calendars.