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The is employed to mark the Runic H (#) when, aa is so oftco the
case, it is used for a hard guttural, nearly or quite G.
No. 3.
BRAtfwJyOH £ANA.
BRAE HEWED THIS.
Betty for to carve or write, is commoit. The Ihird letter, and the 8th
is rare, and an indication of great antiqoity.
No. 4.
UEMUNTR RÆIST.
VEMUNT RISTED (cut thU).
No. 6.
F, U, £, O, R, K, H, N, 1, A, S, T, B, M, L, Y.
The Scandlnavlan Runic Futhork or alphabet The form of the seeond
letter is f\, not ||. The 14th and f5th are very unusual. The last is Yt
not U.
Nos. 6 & 7.
(No. 6) ORKASONR Sa| j?I, A RUNOM f>ÆIM IR HAN RISTU,
(No. 7) NUARI, KULTURMR, SIKURJR I RU FALNIR. K1ÆB1K UIL
sæ|ian ir so mair.
ORKASON SAID, IN RUNES TB08E WBIOHSE CAE VED,
NUARI, KULTURM, SIKURTB ARE FALLEN. KIÆB1K
WILL SAT (teU) YOU SO MORE.
The iirst word« in No. 7, which is directly under No. 6 and about 5
feet from the ground, are doubtful, from beirig so much worn by the head
and sbouiders of persons leaning against the wall. Thewholeis one inscrip*
tion, apparently a military message. The Past Tense 3rd sing. in U for the
later I (in RISTU), and the old Infinitive form in AN for the later A (in
6
SÆyJAN) are very remarkable and antique.
No. 8.
INGIBIOR-j- HIN FAfRA ÆjKIA.
MOR^G KONA HÆFER FARET LUUTIN HIR, Ml-gKIL OFL ATE.
AÆRLIKR.
INGEBORG THE FAIR LADY (or Widow).
MANY-A WOMAN BATH FARED (gme) LOUT1NQ (biti) HERS,
icho - M1CKLE (great) WEALTH OWED (had).
ERLING.
The long enlrance and the celis are very iow and narrow, hence people
must stoop and bend. The Lady Ingeborg had perhaps taken rgfuge in this
burgh for a time.
The last word, eithcr a Proper Name, perhaps of the «Rune-smith* who
carved No. 18, or else the beginning of a new sentence, is in that kind of
Crypt-Runes called Twig-slaves, Palm-runes.
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