Nordic alphabet viking runes

Discover the ancient runic alphabet, a foundation for numerous Germanic languages, including the renowned Viking runes, with a history spanning thousands of years.

Runes are ancient alphabets which were used by the Germanic and Nordic tribes of northern Europe, Scandinavia and Britain for writing… | Instagram

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Rune alphabet

In the Vikings' runic inscriptions, we do find numbers written down, but it's very rare. Usually numbers are spelled out as whole words, although on rare occasion the first letter of the number-word is used to stand for the number. And very uncommon, on occasion, the Vikings would use the runic letters to stand for a numeral. So the Uruz u rune for auroch may be the letter u or the number 2. Or Fehu f rune for wealth may be the letter f or the number 1. Later a tally like system developed…

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