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c. 100 CE - c. 700 CE
Elder Futhark runic script in use by Germanic-speaking peoples.
c. 160 CE
Vimose Comb - earliest attested proper runic inscription, reading "harja".
c. 500 CE - c. 1000 CE
Anglo-Saxon Futhorc (also Anglo-Frisian Futhorc) runic script in use, in England and Frisia.
c. 700 CE - c. 1200 CE
Younger Futhark runic script in use (in Scandinavia).
c. 790 CE - c. 1100 CE
The Viking Age.
c. 1200 CE
Medieval Futhork runic script fully formed. It gradually developed from Younger Futhark between the late 10th century CE and c. 1200 CE.