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Cipher runes
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Cipher runes, or cryptic runes, are the cryptographical replacement of the letters of the runic alphabet.
The Rök runestone, Sweden, features 'tent runes' in its uppermost row. Centered in the bottom row is a hook rune.
The Rök runestone, Sweden, features 'tent runes' in its uppermost row. Centered in the bottom row is a hook rune.
A page from the 18th-century manuscript by the Icelander Jón Ólafsson, which deciphered the cryptic runes for Continental Scandinavian scholars. This
A page from the 18th-century manuscript by the Icelander Jón Ólafsson, which deciphered the cryptic runes for Continental Scandinavian scholars. This page shows different types.
Pseudo-runes
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Pseudo-runes are glyphs that look like Germanic runes, adjectivally called Runiform, but are not true runes. The term is mostly used of incised characters that are intended to imitate runes, often vis
Runestone U 835 [sv], a late medieval attempt at making an 11th-century looking runestone, featuring rune-looking pseudo-symbols of no meaning, probably due to the creator not knowing runic.
Runestone U 835 [sv], a late medieval attempt at making an 11th-century looking runestone, featuring rune-looking pseudo-symbols of no meaning, probab
Cross-arm cipher runes (Swedish: korsarmsrunor) on the Rök runestone.
Cross-arm cipher runes (Swedish: korsarmsrunor) on the Rök runestone.
The Armanen runes
The Armanen runes
Logotype of Norwegian "dark/pagan folk band" Wardruna in the background, an example of an unconforming neopagan pseudo-bindrune.
Logotype of Norwegian "dark/pagan folk band" Wardruna in the background, an example of an unconforming neopagan pseudo-bindrune.