Notice of Runic Inscriptions Discovered during Recent Excavations in the Orkneys by Farrer James Anson 1849-1925

Notice of Runic Inscriptions Discovered during Recent Excavations in the Orkneys by Farrer James Anson 1849-1925

Author:Farrer, James Anson, 1849-1925 [Farrer, James Anson, 1849-1925]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2019-06-05T16:00:00+00:00


In the earlier or “Gothic” Alphabet, many of the letters are quite different.

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Readings of the Inscriptions by Professors

Stephens, Munch, Rafn.

Plate VII.

No. I.

Thatir Vikinkr . . . a, kom, Vtir, Hir, til.

Thatir the Viking, came here to weary—(perhaps from the sea, or from battle.)

The inscription is incomplete, several letters being obliterated. The a in the Bind-rune Ak is probably the termination of the word Fra, from.—Professor Stephens.

Thatir Vikinkr . . . KOMUTIRHIRTIL.



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