Show runes rune runes were the letters of the alphabet chabet used bythe old teutonic le tribes the word means hidden lore tho the earliest var lIest runes were merely fanciful signs supposed to possess mysterious power tap th letters were even considered consId eked maneual and were weib cost cast into the air separately upon ellei to rail fall its as fate determined on ii cloth and to be rend read by the interpreters the association of the runic letters with heathen superstitions caused tho first christian teachers to discourage their use |