| His brother had spent nearly all day and night trying to carve a simple rune into the face of a small amethyst. |
| If I was as drunk as these bottles say I was, I couldn't have cast a rune, let alone a spell. |
| Nearly all the stones were cut in perfect spheres each with a rune that marked the element that they represented. |
| 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. |
| If you compare the futhorc given above, you will see that Tolkien has altered some the rune shapes. |
| One may also bury a piece of wood inscribed with a protection rune or script. |
