runes

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In the meantime, those running businesses or services are trying to read the runes.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

With sieg meaning “victory,” the runes became ubiquitous in Nazi Germany as a shorthand rallying cry for “victory, victory!”

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2024

Bermudez and Craven saw runes in Iceland, beaches in French Polynesia and temples in Peru.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 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

Unfortunately, the entire book is written in runes from some language that I suspect is either dead or never actually existed.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman