The Viking wrote using symbols called runes. Runes were a bit different from the alphabet we use today. They were letters that made up words, but they were also symbols that meant things on their own.

The Viking alphabet is called a futhark (foo-thark) for the same reason as our alphabet is called an alphabet. This is because the first two letters in the Greek alphabet are alpha and beta - together they make the word alphabet. In the viking alphabet, the first letters were pronounced f, u, th, a, r and k. Together they make the word futhark.

Futhark runes
Rune	Sound	Meaning
	f	animal
	u	ancient ox
	th	giant, demon
	a	Viking god
	r	Thor's four wheel wagon, riding
	k	oath, torch
	g	gift
	w	happiness
	h	hail
	n	distress, fate
	i	ice, the rune of death
	j	year
	eo, y	fir, spruce
	p	happiness
	z	moose, elk
	s	Sun
	t	Tyr (warrior god)
	b	birch
	e	horse
	m	human being
	l	sea, liquid
	ng	fertility
	d	day
	o	country, farming

As you can see, The runes were made up of completely straight lines. This made them easy to carve into stone or wood. The Vikings often used to carve their letters because paper and writing tools were rare.

If you wanted to write GridClub in runes, it would be....

What would your name and address look like in runes?
If you can't find the exact letter as a rune, just choose the nearest sounding letter to it.