If you compare the futhorc given above, you will see that Tolkien has altered some the rune shapes. |
Oddly enough, I memorized the Anglo-Saxon rune alphabet in high school with a friend of mine so we could pass notes in geometry class. |
There was a Danish king of that name who was famed for his generosity, to whom the rune poem probably refers. |
Every stone of the edifice was marked with a rune, coursing with magical strength. |
Furthermore, several rune alphabets or futharks have been left behind to puzzle scholars. |
They hadn't been walking for very long when the mage stopped at a plain, metal door with a rune carved heavily in its surface. |