A runestone is a large stone carved with runic inscriptions — usually in the early Germanic alphabet known as the futhark.

The runes are an ancient writing system used by Germanic peoples, especially the Vikings, between the 2nd and 15th centuries. These letters are part of the alphabet known as "futhark," named after ...

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 ...