The Elder Futhark alphabet of runes had 24 letters:
ᚠᚢ ᚦ ᚨ ᚱ ᚲ ᚷ ᚹ ᚺ ᚾ ᛠᛃ ᛇ ᛈ ᛉ ᛊ ᛠᛒ ᛖ ᛗ ᛚ ᛜ ᛞ ᛟ
rune
Runes are the Viking alphabet. A rune is a symbol that stands for a sound. The runic alphabet was called the Futhark, and there were various versions of it. The original Elder Futhark had 24 runes. In Iceland, it was reduced down to 16-18, while the anglo-saxons expanded it up to 32 runes. A google search of "Futhark" will show what they looked like. The Futhark was called "Futhark" because of the first six runes. Fehu, Uruz, Thurisaz, Ansuz, Raido, Kenaz. F-U-Th-A-R-K, just as the roman "alphabet" is called that because of the first two letters. Alpha-Beta.
The Y in Viking runes stands for the letters "th". This rune is called Thorne in Anglo-Saxon and Thurs (giant) in Scandinavian. It is pronounced the same, and it it's not a why. "The olde pub" is really the old pub, not "ye" old pub.
Rune
Viking styled shelters, rune stones, and context clues from viking literature.
rune letters are dwarf writing in The Hobbit.
rune
rune letters are dwarf writing in The Hobbit.
Runes are the Viking alphabet. A rune is a symbol that stands for a sound. The runic alphabet was called the Futhark, and there were various versions of it. The original Elder Futhark had 24 runes. In Iceland, it was reduced down to 16-18, while the anglo-saxons expanded it up to 32 runes. A google search of "Futhark" will show what they looked like. The Futhark was called "Futhark" because of the first six runes. Fehu, Uruz, Thurisaz, Ansuz, Raido, Kenaz. F-U-Th-A-R-K, just as the roman "alphabet" is called that because of the first two letters. Alpha-Beta.
rune letters are dwarf writing in the Hobbit.
The Y in Viking runes stands for the letters "th". This rune is called Thorne in Anglo-Saxon and Thurs (giant) in Scandinavian. It is pronounced the same, and it it's not a why. "The olde pub" is really the old pub, not "ye" old pub.
Rune
Viking styled shelters, rune stones, and context clues from viking literature.
they are both a secret language.
There where several runic "alphabets" so to say, back then. The most popular ones where:FutharkLangkvistrunesKortkvistrunesDalrunesOlder Futhark is what people regard as "old norse", however, the runes cannot be translated to latin letters. This is beucase the runes where not letters, they where runes. And thus every rune was made a specific sound rather than a letter.I could have made an attempt if I knew your name.
There where several runic "alphabets" so to say, back then. The most popular ones where:FutharkLangkvistrunesKortkvistrunesDalrunesOlder Futhark is what people regard as "old norse", however, the runes cannot be translated to latin letters. This is beucase the runes where not letters, they where runes. And thus every rune was made a specific sound rather than a letter.I could have made an attempt if I knew your name.
The runes were used as an alphabet. Prior to that, the runes were used for magical purposes, and each rune referred to something specific.