Runology

Runology ( the study of the runes ) is a humanities discipline that deals with the origin, development and function of runic writing. She researches rune monuments with philological means in order to gain knowledge about culture and linguistic history at the time of the Great Migration and the Vikings . It is a sub-area of German and Scandinavian studies .

literature

• Klaus Düwel: Runic lore. Metzler, Stuttgart 2008, 4th revised. u. act. Ed., ISBN 978-3-476-14072-2
• Helmut Arntz : Handbook of Runic Studies. Halle 1944 ² ISBN 978-3-939908-07-4
• W. Krause, H. Jankuhn: The runic inscriptions in the older Futhark. Goettingen 1966

Web links

Wiktionary: Runology  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• Database of runic inscriptions in Elder Futhark
• comprehensive database ( Samnordisk runtextdatabas )
• Website of the runological journal Nytt om runer ( Memento from June 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
• Link list of the University of Zurich
• Link list of the University of Vienna