Runology
![Children being taught a runic alphabet (1555), from Olaus Magnus's Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus](/Images/godic/202502/08/Runstav1618.png")
- This article is about the philological discipline, not to be confused with occultist concepts like runosophy.
Runology is the study of the Runic alphabets, Runic inscriptions and their history. Runology forms a specialized branch of Germanic linguistics.