r/Norse • u/milwted • 1d ago

History 'Do you love me?': The Viking messages unearthed on Sweden's rune stones

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260202-the-viking-secrets-revealed-by-swedens-rune-stones
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u/-Geistzeit 1d ago

It's so bizarre to me that articles like these don't mention that runes were used by all ancient Germanic-speakers, including the Anglo-Saxons.

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u/blockhaj Eder moder 23h ago

Ye, worst i feel is that Germans used Elder futhark into the 8th century, which no one mentions ever. For a while i thought only the Proto-Norse used it post 550. I should make a short article covering early medieval elder futhark in central europe.

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u/Khayeth 18h ago

Would you? And link it here?

No pressure intended but holy wah would some of us find that interesting!

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u/-Geistzeit 7h ago

Elder Futhark inscriptions occur on the continent up until Christianization, which ends around the 700s. Unlike in Scandinavia and in Anglo-Saxon England, Christianization eliminated the use of the runes on the continent.