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The inscription on the Vimose plane and (other) West Germanic finds from Denmark

 | University of Tasmania
Published online: 16 March 2022
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Abstract
The Vimose plane features an early runic inscription that has long remained opaque, with none of the attempts to explain it having commanded assent in the historiography. Like the inscription on the Vimose buckle, however, the text on the wood plane appears to preserve an early example of West Germanic religious language. The inscription on the sharpener shows some parallels with comparable Roman texts but also distinctively West Germanic phonological development. The text on the plane seems to be one of several early runic texts found in the Southern Scandinavian votive bogs that preserve Ingvaeonic features.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Approach
  • 3.Background
  • 4.Interpreting the text
  • 5.Discussion
  • 6.Conclusion
  • References
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