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 ...

While the origins of runic writing are shrouded in mystery, its earliest form is known as the older futhark, which matches the runes carved on the Hole rock specimens. Radiocarbon dating of ...

However, while the Vikings used a runic alphabet called younger futhark, earlier examples that predate the emergence of this ...