The Game Vault · Norse Lore
Slide the carved staves into their true order. The solved board reads the Elder Futhark from first rune to last — set them right to unlock the lore.
Click a stave in the empty tile's row or column to slide it · or use the arrow keys
Slide any rune to read its name, sound, and meaning here.
The Elder Futhark is the oldest runic alphabet, used across Northern Europe from roughly the 2nd to 8th centuries. Its 24 runes are grouped into three ættir (families) of eight, and they always run in a fixed order — the order this puzzle asks you to rebuild. Hover a stave for a quick reading.