Vimose inscriptions

The Vimose inscriptions (Danish pronunciation: [ˈvimoːsə]), found 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)^[1][2]
• Vimose Buckle (c. 200) aadagasu =? ansuz-a(n)dag-a(n)su / laasauwija =? la-a[n]sau-wija;^[3]
• Vimose Chape (c. 250): mariha || [.]ala / makija; possibly "Mari (the famous one) is the sword of Alla"^[4]
• Vimose Woodplane (c. 300) talijo gisai oj: wiliz [..]la o[...] / tkbis: hleuno: an[.]: regu^[5]
• Vimose Sheathplate (c. 300): awgns; possibly "son/descendant of Awa"^[6]
• Vimose Spearhead: [w]agni[ŋ]o^[7]

The Vimose Comb is housed at the National Museum of Denmark.

See also

• Illerup, a site of wetland depositions
• Meldorf fibula, an item bearing an early runic inscription
• Thorsberg moor, a site of wetland depositions
• Wetlands and islands in Germanic paganism, religious importance of wetlands and depositions