Vimose inscriptions
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The Vimose inscriptions (Danish pronunciation:[ˈvimoːsə]), found on the island of Funen, Denmark, include some of the oldest datable Elder Futhark runic inscriptions in early Proto-Norse or late Proto-Germanic from the 2nd to 3rd century in the Scandinavian Iron Age and were written in the time of the Roman Empire.
- Vimose Comb (c.160, considered the oldest known datable runic inscription altogether): harja (ᚺᚨᚱᛃᚨ)
- Vimose Buckle (c.200) aadagasu =? ansuz-a(n)dag-a(n)su / laasauwija =? la-a[n]sau-wija;
- Vimose Chape (c.250): mariha || [.]ala / makija; possibly "Mari (the famous one) is the sword of Alla"
- Vimose Woodplane (c.300) talijo gisai oj: wiliz [..]la o[...] / tkbis: hleuno: an[.]: regu
- Vimose Sheathplate (c.300): awgns; possibly "son/descendant of Awa"
- Vimose Spearhead: [w]agni[ŋ]o
See also
- Illerup, a site of wetland depositions
- Meldorf fibula, an item bearing an early runic inscription
- Thorsberg moor, a site of wetland depositions
- Wetlands and islands in Germanic paganism, religious importance of wetlands and depositions
- Seebold, Elmar (1994). "Die sprachliche Deutung und Einordnung der archaischen Runeninschriften". In Düwel, Klaus; Neumann, Hannelore; etal. (eds.). . Walter de Gruyter. pp.56–94. ISBN3-11-014328-3.
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