Finally, the longest Galloway ho rune is translated –

The question of who has hoards is usually a fantasy fantasy flight, but the Galloway hoards are unique because some of its artifacts have actual names engraved on them. Four inscriptions were found in the lower sediment of hacksilver near the ho pit with an Anglo-Saxon rune script (this type of arm ring, usually engraved with unusual in Scandinavian runes). Now, 11 years after discovering the largest and most diverse Viking-era holocaust ever discovered, the longest rune inscription has been translated, which provides new revelations for the question of who owns this treasure.

The fifth arm inscription is the first translated inscription. In 2019, Dr. David Parsons, the leading runicist at the University of Wales, decrypted the runic to read chicken, a runic version of the old English name cogbeorht (Egbert in modern English). The arm ring was hacked and the last rune was squeezed on it, so it was engraved after cutting. This finding suggests that the people who stored the holocaust were culturally English rather than Nordic, and perhaps even natives of Anglo-Saxon Northumbria.

The other four inscriptions present a bigger challenge. Three of them are abbreviated, so they are open to several explanations. The symbol is engraved with runes. This could mean “¶” (rich, prosperous), or the first two letters of names like Edward or Edgar. Another light emits a rune, which could mean “good”, or a short name like tilred. The third is twice the lightest weight. Unlike the other two inscriptions, these runes do not form ancient English words. However, this is the first syllable in several Anglo-Saxon names (Berric, Berwulf, bercol), so it may be the abbreviation of the personal name, which suggests that the other two are the same.

But this is a rune inscription that fits the largest arm ring, and the longest inscription to date raises the biggest translation challenge. The arm ring is unique in the hoard because it adorns the Hoberno-North stamp design. Other weapon rings with runes are not decorated. It’s also a finished ring, not a thinly curved silver that has never been finished. Dr. David Parsons was able to transliterate each rune, but the meaning of the inscription proved to be elusive.

Despite the use of clear and clear Anglo-Saxon runes, it does not seem to contain coherent messages at first. It also has an odd sequence of runes, followed by i. The letter ɨ is used to represent the thirteenth rune, and uses words such as “almighty” to represent the “velvet friction” of “gh”. In modern English, it is silent, but in ancient English, it sounds like the end of the Scots “lake”. If used at the beginning of a word, it is rarely used, let alone another vowel. […]

The breakthrough in translation is when looking down at the microscope, and it is obvious that the last rune is a little bit on either side. Central dots like this, called clicks, can be used in medieval manuscripts to represent abbreviations, or runes’ names: in this case, f lun called “feoh”, which also means “wealth” or “property”. A new look at the inscription shows that there may be word spacing in the rune, allowing us to break it down into four words: dis is ɨignaf[EOH].

This brings us closer to possible readings. If we allow strange pronunciations, it might be that DIS is trying to “this is”. ɨigna is more problematic – but the “gh” in “Almighty” is sometimes written as “h” in ancient English. If ᛇ is available here, the text will be read “higna”, which is the word “community”, especially for monasteries or other religious communities.

With all these precautions in mind, long-term inscriptions are likely to be understood as:

It’s higna feoh

“It’s the property of the community.”

Therefore, rune inscriptions translate the interpretation of hidden tail into explanations of things that have multiple owners rather than individuals. The long-term inscription can refer to the lower layer of the deposit, or the entire hoard, as the “property of the community.” The word “higna” usually refers to the community of a monastery, and the hoard contains some spectacular church objects, including large chest crosses and lids.