ᚠ The Viking-Age Runes

The Younger Futhark

By the Viking Age the older twenty-four runes had been pared down to sixteen — the Younger Futhark, the script of the rune-stones, and the very runes the medievalNorwegian and Icelandic rune poems describe. Fewer staves, each carrying more.

← The Elder Futhark (all 24 runes)

Freyr's Ætt

Fé

Wealth / Cattle

Úr

Drizzle / Slag / Aurochs

Þurs

Giant / Thurs

Óss

God / River mouth / Estuary

Ræið

Riding / Journey

Kaun

Sore / Ulcer / Boil

Hagall's Ætt

Hagall

Hail

Nauðr

Need / Constraint / Necessity

Íss

Ice

Ár

Plenty / Good harvest / Good year

Sól

Sun

Týr's Ætt

Týr

The god Týr

Bjarkan

Birch twig / Birch goddess

Maðr

Human being / Man

Lögr

Water / Lake / Sea

Ýr

Yew bow / Yew tree