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What Are the Names of the Runes?

There is no straightforward answer to this question since the runes had different names depending on where and when they were used. Equally modern authors show little consistency sometimes taking names from one or more of the naming system mixing up names in different languages. At the Rune School site and the runes-divination egroup we encourage a dual naming system so each time a rune is given it is described using both the Germanic and Old English (Anglo-Saxon) names. These are shown in the table below