page_title: Vimose inscriptions
hierarchical_section_title: Vimose inscriptions
caption_attribution_description: Dansk: Kam af tak med runer HARJA. Fra Vimose, Næsbyhoved-Broby sogn.
context_page_description: Finds from Vimose, on the island of Funen, Denmark, include some of the oldest datable Elder Futhark runic inscriptions in early Proto-Norse or late Proto-Germanic from the 2nd to 3rd century in the Scandinavian Iron Age and were written in the time of the Roman Empire.
  Vimose Comb: harja
  Vimose Buckle aadagasu =? ansuz-adag-asu / laasauwija =? la-a[n]sau-wija;
  Vimose Chape: mariha || [.]ala / makija; possibly "Mari is the sword of Alla"
  Vimose Woodplane talijo gisai oj: wiliz [..]la o[...] / tkbis: hleuno: an[.]: regu
  Vimose Sheathplate: awgns; possibly "son/descendant of Awa"
  Vimose Spearhead: [w]agni[ŋ]o
context_section_description: Finds from Vimose, on the island of Funen, Denmark, include some of the oldest datable Elder Futhark runic inscriptions in early Proto-Norse or late Proto-Germanic from the 2nd to 3rd century in the Scandinavian Iron Age and were written in the time of the Roman Empire.
  Vimose Comb (c. 160, considered the oldest known datable runic inscription altogether):  harja (ᚺᚨᚱᛃᚨ)
  Vimose Buckle (c. 200) aadagasu =? ansuz-a(n)dag-a(n)su / laasauwija =? la-a[n]sau-wija;
  Vimose Chape (c. 250): mariha || [.]ala /  makija; possibly "Mari (the famous one) is the sword of Alla"
  Vimose Woodplane (c. 300) talijo gisai oj: wiliz [..]la o[...] / tkbis: hleuno: an[.]: regu
  Vimose Sheathplate (c. 300):  awgns; possibly "son/descendant of Awa"
  Vimose Spearhead: [w]agni[ŋ]o
caption: The Vimose Comb is housed at the National Museum of Denmark.
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