Digital Norseman: Runes

"All will prove true that thou askest of runes
those that are come from the gods,
which the high Powers wrought,
and which Odin painted:
then silence is surely best."

Håvamål

Welcome to the Rune Page

Runes are characters used by the Vikings and many other people in Europe as far back as 1700 years ago.

Anything to do with Vikings just wouldn't be complete without a look at runes; where they came from, how they were used and what people are doing with runes today.

Here is a brief introduction on runes with examples of the Norsemen's rune alphabets.

Runes were carved on ships, weapons and other personal possessions. Naturally, "Vidfarne" needed one, too. Thus, I created the Vidfarne Rune that you see on all my pages.

You can find more rune resources in the links collection. Have fun!