Nordic Magic Healing: runes, charms, incantations, and galdr. Rune Stones - Carved Marker Stones. The "rune stones" that one uses for divination are a modern invention.
Traditionally, "runteinir" (rune sticks or rune lots) used for divination were made of wood. Now we use rune sets made of ceramic, glass, Fimo, cardstock, even plastic. However, the best rune lots for divination are still wood, carved, blooded, and consecrated by the person who will use them. Real runestones were carved primarily as commemorative markers, either of living people, or loved or respected persons who had died.
Rune Meanings - The Elder Futhark. I work with the "Elder Futhark", the runic alphabet which is a composite of the runic symbols most commonly used in northern Europe.
The names of the runes of the Elder Futhark are speculative recreations of what linguists call "proto-Germanic", which stems from "proto-Indo-European". There are many versions of the runic alphabets.