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- Title
Three New Cryptic Runes on the Franks Casket.
- Authors
Bredehoft, Thomas A.
- Abstract
The article discusses the cryptic runes carved onto the Anglo-Saxon artifact known as the Franks Casket. According to the author, three of the runes traditionally read by scholars as regular runes should be read as cryptic runes. It is suggested that such a reading would reconcile the visible differences between these characters and other regular runes and would also allow for a better understanding of the text. Topics discussed include British scholar Arthur Napier, Jutish history, and the Old English and Old Saxon languages.
- Subjects
RUNES; FRANKS Casket; CRYPTOGRAPHY; NAPIER, Arthur; INSCRIPTIONS; GERMANIC peoples; PALEOGRAPHY
- Publication
Notes & Queries, 2011, Vol 58, Issue 2, p181
- ISSN
0029-3970
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/notesj/gjr037