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  1. Script typeAlphabet
    Time period2nd to 8th centuries
    DirectionLeft-to-right, boustrophedon
    Description

    The Elder Futhark (named after the initial phoneme of the first six rune names: F, U, Þ, A, R and K) has 24 runes, often arranged in three groups of eight runes; each group is called an ætt (pl. ættir; meaning '… See more

    Origins

    The Elder Futhark runes are commonly believed to originate in the Old Italic scripts: either a North Italic variant (Etruscan or Rhaetic alphabets), or the Latin alphabet itself. Derivation from the Greek alphabet via Gothic contact … See more

    Rune names

    Each rune most probably had a name, chosen to represent the sound of the rune itself according to the principle of acrophony.
    The Old English names of all 24 runes of the Elder F… See more

    Inscription corpus

    Old Futhark inscriptions were found on artifacts scattered between the Carpathians and Lappland, with the highest concentration in Denmark. They are usually short inscriptions on jewelry (bracteates, fibulae, … See more

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