runes

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How we put down our thoughts evolves, because that’s what a smart society does — after all, Egyptians don’t use hieroglyphics anymore, nor do Scandinavians use runes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2024

However, it soon transpired it was of a type familiar as a tourist keepsake from Iceland, and the runes were identified as a poem composed by a 20th-century Icelander.

From Slate • Nov. 11, 2023

“Like the Russian pro-invasion Z, the infamous SS symbol used by the Nazi Schutzstaffel — two ancient runes that resemble lightning bolts—also stands for victory,” he wrote at the time.

From Washington Times • May 20, 2023

With Fed policy meeting minutes due later in the day, the runes of what must have been a tense gathering of officials in the middle of the regional banking shock will be eyed closely.

From Reuters • Apr. 12, 2023

I couldn’t hope to bull through it the way I had learning my runes.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss