Runology shine nazarin haruffan Runic, rubutun Runic da tarihin su. Runology ya kafa reshe na musamman na ilimin harsunan Jamus . [1][2][3][4]
Johannes Bureus (1568-1652) ya fara Runology, wanda ke da sha'awar ilimin harshe na yaren Geatish ( Götiska språket ), watau Old Norse . Duk da haka, bai kalli runes a matsayin haruffa kawai ba, amma wani abu ne mai tsarki ko sihiri.[5][6]
Olof Rudbeck the Elder (1630-1702) ya ci gaba da nazarin runes kuma ya gabatar a cikin tarinsa Atlantica . Masanin kimiyyar lissafi Anders Celsius (1701-1744) ya kara fadada ilimin runes kuma ya zagaya duk kasar Sweden don bincika bautastenar ( megaliths, yau ana kiransa runestones ). Wani rubutun farko shine Runologia na 1732 na Jón Olafsson na Grunnavík .
An fahimci rubutun runic iri-iri a karni na 19, lokacin da binciken su ya zama wani muhimmin bangare na ilimin falsafa na Jamusanci da ilimin harshe na tarihi . Wilhelm Grimm ya buga Über deutsche Runen a cikin 1821, inda a tsakanin sauran abubuwa ya zauna a kan " Marcomannic runes " (babi na 18, shafi na 18). 149-159). A cikin 1828, ya buga kari, mai suna Zur Literatur der Runen, inda ya tattauna game da Abecedarium Nordmannicum .
Sveriges runinskrifter aka buga daga 1900. "Runic Archives" na Gidan Tarihi na Tarihi na Al'adu a Jami'ar Oslo ne ya buga mujallar Nytt om runer daga 1985. Aikin Rundata, wanda ke nufin ƙasidar da za a iya karanta na'ura na rubutun runic, an ƙaddamar da shi a cikin 1993.