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6 days ago · A rune is a letter in a set of related alphabets known as runic alphabets native to the Germanic peoples. Runes were used to write Germanic languages (with some exceptions) before they adopted the Latin alphabet, and for specialised purposes thereafter.
- Elder Futhark
Distribution of pre–sixth-century Elder Futhark finds. The...
- Runic Magic
Modern systems of runic divination are based on Hermeticism,...
- Runiform (Disambiguation)
Runiform may refer to scripts or inscriptions similar...
- Medieval Runes
The medieval runes, or the futhork, was a Scandinavian runic...
- Ŋ
Eng or engma (capital: Ŋ, lowercase: ŋ) is a letter of the...
- Dalecarlian Runes
Dalecarlian runes. The Dalecarlian runes, or dalrunes, was a...
- List of Runestones
Elder Futhark runestones. The vast majority of runestones...
- Rök Runestone
The Rök runestone (Swedish: Rökstenen; Ög 136) is one of the...
- Runic Calendar
A Runic calendar (also Rune staff or Runic almanac) is a...
- Elder Futhark
5 days ago · The Phoenician alphabet is a consonantal alphabet (or abjad) used across the Mediterranean civilization of Phoenicia for most of the 1st millennium BCE. It was the first mature alphabet, and attested in Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions found across the Mediterranean region .
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4 days ago · The Cirth ( Sindarin pronunciation: [ˈkirθ], meaning "runes"; sg. certh [ˈkɛrθ] ) 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.
6 days ago · Unlike Proto-Norse, which was written with the Elder Futhark, runic Old Norse was originally written with the Younger Futhark, which had only 16 letters. Because of the limited number of runes, several runes were used for different sounds, and long and short vowels were not distinguished in writing.
3 days ago · The Glagolitic script (/ ˌ ɡ l æ ɡ ə ˈ l ɪ t ɪ k /, ⰃⰎⰀⰃⰑⰎⰉⰜⰀ, glagolitsa) is the oldest known Slavic alphabet. It is generally agreed that it was created in the 9th century for the purpose of translating liturgical texts into Old Church Slavonic by Saint Cyril, a monk from Thessalonica.
Apr 30, 2024 · The Elder Futhark, the oldest and most widely recognized runic alphabet, serves as the foundation for runic magick. This ancient script, believed to have been gifted to humanity by the Norse god Odin, consists of 24 characters, each imbued with profound meaning and mystical associations.
2 days ago · The Early Cyrillic alphabet, also called classical Cyrillic or paleo-Cyrillic, is an alphabetic writing system that was developed in Medieval Bulgaria in the Preslav Literary School during the late 9th century.
