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  • Old Saxon Runes

    From Joe Makowiec@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jul 14 17:17:11 2022
    Can anybody translate these Old Saxon runes? Transcribed as best I can;
    unicode wouldn't make it through to the forum:

    geofu is os næd : cen thorn berc dæg : sygil ti næd : ilcs rada ear

    https://makowiec.org/john-claiborne-davis-inscription.jpg

    This was found on the grave of John Claiborne Davis, who was for a long
    time the dean at an Anglican (ie high church) school in Washington, DC:

    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/241410521/john-claiborne-davis

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  • From Sn!pe@21:1/5 to Joe Makowiec on Fri Jul 15 01:27:25 2022
    Joe Makowiec <makowiec@invalid.invalid> wrote:

    [...]

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    Apologies for this being entirely off topic, but I cannot
    let this reference pass without comment: how nice it is
    to see that Blinky The Shark is still remembered after all
    these years.

    RIP, Blinky, who always had Usenet close to his heart.

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  • From MB@21:1/5 to Joe Makowiec on Fri Jul 15 13:55:47 2022
    On 14/07/2022 18:17, Joe Makowiec wrote:
    Can anybody translate these Old Saxon runes? Transcribed as best I can; unicode wouldn't make it through to the forum:

    Have you tried using


    https://valhyr.com/pages/rune-converter

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  • From john@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jul 15 15:42:56 2022
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  • From Joe Makowiec@21:1/5 to john on Sat Jul 16 11:34:40 2022
    On 15 Jul 2022 in soc.genealogy.britain, john wrote:

    The runes are on the findagrave.com page

    Putting those into the translator gives
    gion : cþbd : stn : zrä

    As they are just phonetics, is it possible "gion" sounds similar to
    "john"

    I hadn't noticed this, but it makes sense.

    If this is the same person, perhaps you might find something helpful
    in Runes for Faring Forth - a new collection of poems. By Haviland
    Ferris, pseud of John Claiborne Davis
    from Google Books https://tinyurl.com/22w6oov7

    I think you're on to something. The book is available from a few sources,
    but US$20-40 (£17-34) seems a bit steep on speculation.

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  • From Joe Makowiec@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 16 11:37:03 2022
    On 14 Jul 2022 in soc.genealogy.britain, Sn!pe wrote:

    Usenet Improvement Project:
    <http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/>

    Apologies for this being entirely off topic, but I cannot
    let this reference pass without comment: how nice it is
    to see that Blinky The Shark is still remembered after all
    these years.

    RIP, Blinky, who always had Usenet close to his heart.

    Not at all. I miss Usenet every day. Web fora are, at best, a lame and
    crippled substitute.

    --
    Joe Makowiec
    http://makowiec.org/
    Email: http://makowiec.org/contact/?Joe
    Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/

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  • From Ian Goddard@21:1/5 to Joe Makowiec on Sat Jul 16 16:38:06 2022
    On 16/07/2022 12:37, Joe Makowiec wrote:
    I miss Usenet every day

    Why?

    I use it every day. Usenet servers and clients are all available.

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  • From MB@21:1/5 to Joe Makowiec on Mon Jul 18 11:57:48 2022
    On 14/07/2022 18:17, Joe Makowiec wrote:
    Can anybody translate these Old Saxon runes? Transcribed as best I can; unicode wouldn't make it through to the forum:

    I had a quick look to see if any relevant newsgroups but possible one
    was a Viking one but it is full of religious rubbish.

    I thought I found something about RUNES on JISCMAIL but can't find again
    so perhaps it was somewhere else!

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