[gothic-l] Moos spear head

[llama_nom]

--- In gothic-l at yahoogroups.com, Tore Gannholm <tore.gannholm at s...> 
wrote:
> Hi,
> The Moos spear head in Gotland is supposed to belong to the same 
> group. What kind of runes are they?
> see
> http://www.stavgard.com/Gotland/historia_/moosspetsen/default.htm
> 
> Tore

Excellent!  Thanks, Tore.  Especially interesting as those two scroll 
markings look a bit like some of the Kovel signs, but less 
elaborate.  From this picture I can't see the diagonals of the A, and 
the S isn't clear - unless it's the later short form (but I wouldn't 
have thought so).  I guess it is possible to make out more on closer 
inspection, as this final -S is the one distinctly East Gmc feature.

Koebler's dictionary mentions the Moos spear head in Appendx 4 in 
the "East Germanic" section: GAOIS = *gaujis? 'barker'.  (This is the 
interpretation of Krause, according to the Kiel Runenprojekt).  
Compare Old Icelandic geyja 'bark, mock'.

I suppose that's the name of the spear.

Llama Nom


> >
> >>  Aquincum - brooch, FUTHARKGW ...L AIG K(I)NgJA
> >>  Bezenye - two brooches, UNJA : GODAHI(L)D + SEGUN : ARSIBODA
> >>  Breza - stone pillar, (a futhark)
> >  > Charnay - fibula brooch, U(N)THFINTHAI IDDAN LIANO
> >>  Dahmsdorf - spearhead, RAN(N)JA
> >>  Körlin - ring, ALU
> >>  Körlin - bracteate, WAIGA
> >>  Kovel - spearhead, TILARITHS
> >>  Letcani - spindle whorl, RANGO : ADONSUFH(E?/M?)
> >>  Pietroassa - ring, GUTANI OTHAL (or JER) WEIH HAILAG
> >>  Rozwadow - speahead, ???KRLUS
> >>  Szabadbattjyan - beltbuckle, MAR(I)NgS
> >  > Wapno - bracteate, SABAR (?name: Saba-r(eiks/eths?)
> >
> 
> --



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