Fuþark is ieldest rūnstæfrǣƿ, þe of þām Fyrn-Germaniscum þēodum gescapen ƿurdon. Hīe sindon tācnu þe on ƿuda oþþe on stānum geƿriten ƿǣren, and þȳ þe sindon hīe rihtsceaftig. Nāt man þā hīe gescapen ƿurdon, ac ūs þynceþ hit þæt hīe ƿurdon ymbe ende þæs forestǣrtīmes oþþe be onginne þæs stǣrtīmes gescapen of folcum þe be nū-cƿednum Sūþ - Germanian lifdon.

Norþisca rūnstafas be Ödeshög in Sƿēolande.

Þā rūna

adiht

Æfter þǣm nīƿum rūnstæfrǣƿum cūþe mann þā rūna gesett on fēoƿer rǣƿum mid īecendlicum rūnum eftscieppan:

*fehu *ūruz *þurisaz *ansuz *raidō *kauną *gebō *ƿunjō
f u þ a r k g ƿ,w
*haglaz *nauðiz *īsaz *jērą *eihƿaz *perþrō *algiz *sōƿilō
h n i j ei p z s
*tīƿaz *berkaną *ehƿaz *mannaz *laguz *ingƿaz *ōþalą *dagaz
t b e m l ng o d