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History
This is called Younger Futhark. ~800–1100 AD. It consists of 16 runes — fewer than 24 runes Elder Futhark. It was heavily used throughout the Viking Age.
The first six runes are: ᚠ - ᚢ - ᚦ - ᚬ - ᚱ - ᚴ ➡️ F - U - TH - O - R - K.
It stems from Elder Futhark.
There are two major branches of Younger Futhark:
- Long-branch (Danish) runes — full forms used for monumental inscriptions, often found on rune stones.
- Short-twig (Swedish-Norwegian) runes — more compact, simplified forms, commonly used for everyday carving, like messages, tags, and graffiti.
The third variant is staveless runes (or Hälsinge runes — Province of Hälsinge, Sweden). No vertical strokes. It's like writing "A" without the legs and still expecting folks to understand it. It was a local simplification, later development of younger futhark — efficient for quick carving.
This wasn't simplification for convenience, but rather phonological changes. Old Norse changed (new vowels, diphthongs, certain consonants softened or shifted, vocabulary expansion, etc.) so the rune system adapted — but with fewer runes. 🤔 Well... 🤷♂️
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