Runic is a Unicode block containing runic characters. Of the total number of Norwegian runic inscriptions preserved today, most are medieval runes. Elder Futhark gave rise to a variety of alphabets known collectively as the Runic alphabets. Lombardic fragments are preserved in runic inscriptions. There are about 3,000 runestones among the about 6,000 runic inscriptions in Scandinavia. Runology is the study of the runic alphabets, runic inscriptions, runestones, and their history. Apart from some runic inscriptions, no contemporary records or historiography survives from the Norse settlements. At each side of the vine-tracery runic inscriptions are carved. Indeed, some of the medieval runic inscriptions are written in Latin. However, Jutes likely had used a traditional Germanic form of the Runic alphabet. A runic inscription is an inscription made in one of the various runic alphabets. The majority of runic inscriptions from the Viking period are found in Sweden. The earliest runic inscriptions date from around 150 AD. Their exact relation is difficult to determine from the sparse evidence of runic inscriptions. She is also proficient at translating and decoding ancient languages and runic magic.