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 ...

Experts believe the Roman alphabet may have inspired the Scandinavians to create their own writing system. Evidence of runic writing exists from the Roman Iron Age and the Viking era, but ...

Runes represent an early Germanic writing system that was used before the adoption of the Latin alphabet, and was prevalent across Scandinavia and other parts of Northern Europe until the end of ...