The Vimose inscriptions (), found on the island of
Funen
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,
Denmark
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, include some of the oldest datable
Elder Futhark
The Elder Futhark (or Fuþark, ), also known as the Older Futhark, Old Futhark, or Germanic Futhark, is the oldest form of the runic alphabets. It was a writing system used by Germanic peoples for Northwest Germanic dialects in the Migration Per ...
runic inscriptions in early
Proto-Norse or late
Proto-Germanic
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Proto-Germanic eventually developed from ...
from the 2nd to 3rd century in the
Scandinavian Iron Age and were written in the time of the
Roman Empire
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.
*Vimose Comb (, considered the oldest known datable runic inscription altogether): harja (ᚺᚨᚱᛃᚨ)
*Vimose Buckle () aadagasu =? ansuz-a(n)dag-a(n)su / laasauwija =? la-a
au-wija;
*Vimose
Chape (): mariha , ,
la / makija; possibly "Mari (the famous one) is the sword of Alla"
*Vimose Woodplane () talijo gisai oj: wiliz
.a o
../ tkbis: hleuno: an
regu
* Vimose Sheathplate (): ; possibly "son/descendant of Awa"
*Vimose Spearhead:
gni
�
See also
*
Illerup, a site of wetland depositions
*
Meldorf fibula, an item bearing an early runic inscription
*
Thorsberg moor, a site of wetland depositions
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Wetlands and islands in Germanic paganism, religious importance of wetlands and depositions
References
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External links
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Elder Futhark inscriptions
Proto-Norse language
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