Bind runes
Stack runes on one shared stave to make a single sign, then carve it. This is a modern design tool: it builds signs in the style of historical bind runes, not reconstructions of real ones.
Example: ᚠ and ᛚ on one stave. Change it or start over.
Runes in this sign
- fehu (f)
- laguz (l)
Add a rune
Carve it
Bind runes in history
- A bind rune joins two or more runes into one sign, usually by letting them share a vertical stroke. Some inscriptions run several runes along one long common stave.Mindy MacLeod, 2002
- Bind runes appear in early runic inscriptions and are common in medieval ones, but they are very rare in Viking Age inscriptions.Mindy MacLeod, 2002
- Early examples include stacked ᛏ runes on the Kylver stone and ᚷ joined with vowels on the Kragehul I spear shaft.Mindy MacLeod, 2002; Tineke Looijenga, 2003
- A modern bind rune most people carry every day: the Bluetooth logo combines the Younger Futhark runes ᚼ and ᛒ, the initials of the Danish king Harald Bluetooth.Bluetooth SIG: Origin of the Bluetooth Name