![]() Later inscriptions were carved using so called Medieval runes. Normal and short-twig runes were often mixed in inscriptions, which led to appearance of other regional variants. The trend towards minimalism triumphed in another variant of the Younger Futhark, so called staveless or Hålsinge runes, which were used only in a restricted area (see the third row above). Because of the obvious differences between the two, their more common respective names are long-branch and short-twig runes. These runes are sometimes called Norwegian-Swedish or Rök runes (see the second row above). However, very soon another variant of the Younger Futhark developed. ![]() The earliest Younger Futhark inscriptions were found in Denmark, that’s why they are sometimes called Danish runes (these are ‘normal’ Younger Futhark runes, see the first row above). The most of the runes could now designate a variety of sounds. If the Agnlo-Saxon Futhorc multiplied the original Common Germanic runes to adapt them for the Old English, the Scandinavian solution was to reduce their number. For instance, the number of vowels grew from 5 to 9. The spoken language of that period underwent serious changes. It is this set of runes that may be properly called Viking runes, since they were used by the Scandinavians during the Viking Age: This variant of runic alphabet is known as the Younger Futhark. By the 10th century the new form of writing was accepted in the whole of Scandinavia. At the end of the 8th century an unknown rune-master reformed the Elder Futhark having reduced it to 16 runes.
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