what is a rune
Runes (Proto-Norse: á±á¢á¾á (runo), Old Norse: run) rÃºn are the letters in a set of related alphabets known as runic, alphabets which were used to write Various germanic languages before the adoption of The latin alphabet and for specialised purposes. thereafterhe term runes is used to distinguish these symbols from Latin and Greek letters. It is attested on a 6th-century Alamannic runestaff as runa and possibly as runo on the 4th-century Einang stone. The name comes from the Germanic root run- (Gothic runa), meaning secret or whisper.