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Although there are now numerous versions of the runes such as the neo-Pagan ‘Witch runes’, there is only historical documentation of three true sets of runes. The three historic runic types are those of the Elder Futhark, the Younger Futhark and the Anglo-Frisian Futhark. There exists also the
Anglo-Saxon runes or Anglo-Frisian runes are runes that were used by the Anglo-Saxons and Medieval Frisians (collectively called Anglo-Frisians) as an alphabet in their native writing system, recording both Old English and Old Frisian (Old English: rūna, ᚱᚢᚾᚪ, "rune").
Anglo-Saxon Runes were used to write Anglo-Saxon and Old Frisian between the 5th and 11th centuries in England and Frisia.
The RuneS-Project is a database, which provides comprehensive information regarding the Elder Fuþark, Younger Fuþ?rk, and the Anglo-Frisian Fuþorc. Wherever possible, it includes details concerning translations, transliterations, findspots, datings, iconographic elements and much more.
Futhorc is a system of runic writing used in Anglo-Saxon and Frisian inscriptions belonging to the 5th to 9th centuries. Already the word itself shows that Futhorc (as compared to Common Germanic Futhark) developed due to phonemic changes in the languages that it was designed to transcribe:
April 1996 an object with runes was found in the river estuary of the Rhine, on a site called Bergakker, in the Betuwe, the former habitat of the Batavi. This find, dated in the early fifth c., exhibits runes from the older fuþark plus an anomalous rune. It has no typical Anglo-Frisian runic features.
This book provides an accessible, general account of runes and runic writing from their inception to their final demise. It also covers modern uses of runes, and deals with such topics as...
