freyjaofthenorth:

medusinestories:

norsesuggestions:

systlin:

norsesuggestions:

Norse rune texts be like:

“This is my name and i made this!”

The end of the text

Sometimes, “This is very high” written high up on a tall thing. 

Oh yes. some other classics

“i built a bridge”

“my relative died, may [insert name of a god] protect their soul”

“My relative was in [insert region]. Now they are dead”

“Vague statement very carefully implieng there are shady people somewhere nearby”

“This the land were my house is located. I live here. This is my name”

“Someone i am related to died and now i feel am urge to write up our entire family tree on this stone”

“Fragmented text”

“The scribe wants us to know that their runes are hella fine”

“The scribes name is rödballe”

“Bridge!!! I built bridge!!!” (The bridge thing is a mayor obsession…)

“I created a path for public use. This is my name, and this is the name of my entire family tree, also i list which regions my relatives visited. Also how some of them died”

And the most classic one

“I was here”

I remember seeing a piece of deer antler with a Mystical Runic Inscription on it in the Dublin Archaeology Museum.

The inscription read: “deer antler”.

famous example of proto-norse inscription on a golden horn: “I, HlewagastiR of Holt, made this horn”

or a medieval example carved into a walrus skull: Jóhann owns (this)

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