I-XXII -- Chapter 1 What is runology? -- Chapter 2 The oldest recorded Germanic -- Chapter 3 The earliest Germanic writing system -- Chapter 4 The graphemic system of the older runes -- Chapter 5 The fifteenth rune -- Chapter 6 Age and origin of the fuþark -- Chapter 7 Reading runic inscriptions -- Chapter 8 Dating runic inscriptions -- Chapter 9 Sacral or secular? -- Chapter 10 Runic typology -- Chapter 11 Phonological rules and paradigms -- Chapter 12 Some controversial grammatical forms -- Chapter 13 Runic syntax -- Chapter 14 "Archaicizing" inscriptions -- Chapter 15 The Weser runebones -- Chapter 16 Old English digraphic spellings -- References -- Index of inscriptions -- Index of runic words -- Index of names -- Index of subjects