books.google.com - The runic alphabet, in use for well over a thousand years, was employed by various Germanic groups in a variety of ways, including, inevitably, for superstitious and magical rites. Formulaic runic words were inscribed onto small items that could be carried for good luck; runic charms were carved on metal...https://books.google.com/books/about/Runic_Amulets_and_Magic_Objects.html?id=hx7UigqsTKoC&q=verb&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareRunic Amulets and Magic Objects
