Just as for other writing systems and civilizations, Runic writing was restricted to an elite. For the majority it was unreadable, and the population would confer runes magical powers. Very few examples of Runic writing on manuscripts have survived, however numerous inscriptions have been found on stones, tombs and monuments, formed of lines creating acute angles: the runic symbols.

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