Definition of "futhark" []

• The common Germanic runic alphabet. (noun)
• The Old English runic alphabet. (noun)

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• "The Scandinavians used something different called futhark."
• "Hence the letter collection was known as futhark, futhark, futhorc, or futhork."
• "On one side was etched the complete, sixteen-character short-twig runic alphabet or futhark, the style of which dates it to the earliest Norse settlements."