Hello I'm new in the lord of the rings fan world but know im obsessed with lotr. I was for some days ago surfing on the net and i discovered that the old icelandic viking runes are nearly the same as the Dwarf runes. I just wanted to tell someone about it.
Legolas
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they are nearly the same because tolkein was a language specialist
In The Hobbit JRRT used runes 'similar to, but not identical, with the runes of Anglo-Saxon inscriptions'.
With respect to the Germanic Runic Alphabet Tolkien commented that the English gave it its most elaborate development. And, explaining the runes in The Lord of the Rings:
'The similarity of shapes is inevitable in alphabets devised primarily for cutting or scratching on wood and so made of lines directly or diagonally across the grain.' JRRT, 1963 Letters
With respect to the Germanic Runic Alphabet Tolkien commented that the English gave it its most elaborate development. And, explaining the runes in The Lord of the Rings:
'The similarity of shapes is inevitable in alphabets devised primarily for cutting or scratching on wood and so made of lines directly or diagonally across the grain.' JRRT, 1963 Letters
