Runes: An introduction

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Author(s): Ralph W. V. Elliott
Edition: 2
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Year: 1963

Language: English
Pages: 151
Tags: Germanic languages;Scientific Runology;History of writing;Linguistics;Epigrapgy;Writing systems;Inscriptions

Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Preface
Abbreviations
The Origin of Runic Writing
The Common Germanic Futhark
The Runes in Scandinavia
Runic Writing in England
The Names of the Runes
The Uses of Runes
Some English Runic Inscriptions
Select Bibliography
Maps
Index of Inscriptions
General Index
Plates