Modern Erilar Episode 16: Runic Inscriptions in Iceland

Описание: What evidence do we have for runes used in Iceland? What did their runes look like? What did they call their runes? I answer these questions, and provide a reading list for further study.

0:45 Do we have Viking runic inscriptions from Iceland?
1:52 What was the earliest inscription? What futhark was its source?
3:10 What was the earliest name recorded?
6:00 Do we have any rune rows?
9:05 What did an Icelandic futhark look like over time?
12:00 The Icelandic rune poem
17:45 Further reading

I use the Gullhornet and Gullskoen runic fonts made by Odd Einar Haugen of the Universitet i Bergen, which are free to download at https://folk.uib.no/hnooh/runefont/.