Runes Vikings Middle Ages By Time Period
Runes Vikings Middle Ages By Time Period
During the viking age and in some areas well into the 19th century writing was done by carving text into thin pieces of wood. For this purpose a special alphabet was used, the runes.
This category is for sites dealing with the rune alphabet from a scientific/academic viewpoint.
Top: Society: History: By Time Period: Middle Ages: Vikings
Runes
See Also:
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Mystery of the Futhark Alphabet - Claim that the futhark and the Turkish gokturk alphabet have a common origin.
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Dalrunor - Still in the early 1900 there were people in Dalarna that could read the runes. This is the alphabet used.
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Mal Vikinga - Grammar and vocabulary for the common Scandinavian ancient language. Site is in English and Swedish, with the Swedish section being somewhat more complete.
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The Runic Journey - Exploration of the history and use of the alphabetic script.
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Blekinge's Most Ancient Runic Inscriptions - Located in southeast Sweden, exist some of the Old Futhark inscriptions written in Semitic language and intimately associated with a fertility cult, and includes images, a map, and related inscriptions.
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Nytt om runer - International periodical for research on inscriptions.
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The Elder Futhark with Sound - Pronunciations in Real Audio of the runes of the Elder FUÞARK: in original proto-Germanic with two different versions; click rune stave pictures or names to hear the rune pronounced.
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Arild Hauges Runes - Explanations on the different European Futharks, Norse art, religion and history. [Norwegian and English versions]
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A Casting of Runes Webring - A webring dedicated to sites about runes... their history, myths, and other information.
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American Runestones - A Yahoo Club for the discussion of the Kensington, Heavener, and other runestones.
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24 Rune Poems by Óðindís - 24 original 24-line rune poems in old lore meter, using Germanic ("Saxon") English words. Includes rune pictures and runic lore.
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The History of Runes - Brief article exploring the Nordic origins of the alphabet.
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The Ruthwell Cross - Reconstruction of the original inscription on the cross from what is currently readable and from old drawings.
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Runes - Article on the background of the alphabet with illustrations.
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Your Name in Runes - Your name in old Viking runes by javascript program.
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The Elder Futark - Information on the proper strokes to carve with images.
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