Vimose inscriptions
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, Denmark
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, include some of the very oldest datable Elder Futhark
Elder Futhark
The Elder Futhark is the oldest form of the runic alphabet, used by Germanic tribes for Northwest Germanic and Migration period Germanic dialects of the 2nd to 8th centuries for inscriptions on artifacts such as jewellery, amulets, tools, weapons and runestones...
runic inscriptions in late Proto-Germanic or early Proto-Norse
Proto-Norse language
Proto-Norse was an Indo-European language spoken in Scandinavia that is thought to have evolved as a northern dialect of Proto-Germanic over the first centuries AD...
from the 2nd to 3rd centuries AD.
- Vimose Comb (ca. 160160s-Significant people:* Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor* Lucius Verus, Roman Emperor* Commodus...
, considered the oldest datable runic inscription altogether): harja http://www.runenprojekt.uni-kiel.de/abfragen/standard/deutung2.asp?findno=20&ort=Vimose&objekt=Kamm
- Vimose Buckle (ca. 200) aadagasu =? ansuz-a(n)dag-a(n)su / laasauwija =? la-a[n]sau-wija; http://www.runenprojekt.uni-kiel.de/abfragen/standard/deutung2.asp?findno=18&ort=Vimose&objekt=Schnalle
- Vimose Chape (ca. 250): mariha || [.]ala / makija; possibly "Mari (the famous one) is the sword of Alla" http://www.runenprojekt.uni-kiel.de/abfragen/standard/deutung2.asp?findno=16&ort=Vimose&objekt=Ortband
- Vimose Woodplane (ca. 300) talijo gisai oj: wiliR [..]la o[...] / tkbis: hleuno: an[.]: regu http://www.runenprojekt.uni-kiel.de/abfragen/standard/deutung2.asp?findno=19&ort=Vimose&objekt=Hobel
- Vimose Sheathplate (c. 300): awgns; possibly "son/descendant of Awa" http://www.runenprojekt.uni-kiel.de/abfragen/standard/deutung2.asp?findno=17&ort=Vimose&objekt=Scheidenbeschlag
- Vimose Spearhead: [w]agni[ŋ]o http://www.runenprojekt.uni-kiel.de/abfragen/standard/deutung2.asp?findno=189&ort=Vimose&objekt=Lanzenblatt