runic alphabet — ▪ writing system also called futhark writing system of uncertain origin used by Germanic peoples of northern Europe, Britain, Scandinavia, and Iceland from about the 3rd century to the 16th or 17th century AD. Runic writing appeared rather… … Universalium
Runic script — Rune redirects here. For other uses, see Rune (disambiguation). Runic Type Alphabet Languages Germanic languages Time period … Wikipedia
Runic inscriptions — A runic inscription is an inscription made in one of the various runic alphabets. The body of runic inscriptions falls into the three categories of Elder Futhark (some 350 items, dating to between the 2nd and 8th centuries AD), Anglo Frisian… … Wikipedia
writing — /ruy ting/, n. 1. the act of a person or thing that writes. 2. written form: to commit one s thoughts to writing. 3. that which is written; characters or matter written with a pen or the like: His writing is illegible. 4. such characters or… … Universalium
Runic alphabet — Infobox Writing system name=Runic type=Alphabet languages=Germanic languages time=Elder Futhark from the 2nd century AD. fam1=Phoenician alphabet fam2=Greek alphabet (Cumae variant) fam3=Old Italic alphabet sisters=Latin alphabet children=Younger … Wikipedia
Runic magic — Norse paganism Part of Norse paganism … Wikipedia
Writing system — Predominant scripts at the national level, with selected regional and minority scripts. Alphabet Latin Cyrillic Latin Greek … Wikipedia
writing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Graphical representation of sounds Nouns 1. writing, chirography, calligraphy, pencraft, penmanship, hand, handwriting, script, longhand, shorthand, picture writing, uncial writing; boustrophedon,… … English dictionary for students
Writing — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Writing >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 writing writing &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 chirography chirography stelography cerography Sgm: N 1 penmanship penmanship craftmanship Sgm: N 1 quill driving quill driving … English dictionary for students
writing system — Synonyms and related words: Arabic, Armenian, Assyrian, Avestan, Babylonian, Berber, Chalcidian, Cherokee, Coptic, Cretan, Cyrillic, Elamitic, Etruscan, Georgian, Gothic, Greek, Hebrew, IPA, ITA, Iberian, Initial Teaching Alphabet, International… … Moby Thesaurus
