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A third ring, found before 1824 (perhaps identical with a ring found in 1773 at Linstock castle in Carlisle), has a
magical inscription of a similar type, ery.ri.uf.dol.yri.ol.wles.te.pote.nol.
The remaining four rings have much shorter inscriptions.
Wheatley Hill, Durham, found 1993, now in the British Museum. Late 8th century. Inscription: [h]ring ic hatt[],
"I am called a ring".
Coquet Island, Northumberland, found before 1866, now lost. Inscription: + is is - "this is".
Cramond, Edinburgh, found 1869-70, now in the National Museum of Scotland. 9th-10th century. Inscription:
[.]ewor[.]el[.]u.
Thames Exchange, London, found 1989, now in the Museum of London. Inscription: [.]funi ine.
Kingmoor Ring
The Kingmoor Ring (also Greymoor Hill Ring) dates to the 9th or 10th century. It is of gold, with a diameter ca. 27
mm.
It was discovered in June 1817 at Greymoor Hill, Kingmoor, near Carlisle (54550N 25830W [1]). By 1859, the
ring was in the possession of the British Museum (ring catalogue no. 184) who has received it from the Earl of
Aberdeen. A replica is on exhibit in the Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery in Carlisle.
The inscription reads
/
rkriufltkriurionglstpon/tol
The final tol is written on the inside of the ring. The inscription amounts to a total of 30 signs.
Where k is the late Futhorc calc rune of the same shape as Younger Futhark Yr, and the s is the so-called "bookhand
s" looking similar to a Younger Futhark k, .
Leechbook i.vii
Bodley MS
[5]
The Leech book has the instruction: "to stop blood, poke into the ear with a whole ear of barley, in such a way that
he [the patient] be unaware of it. Some write this:", followed by "either for horse or men, a blood-stauncher".
While the charm is "magical gibberish", there are a number of elements that can clearly be identified as Irish: struth
fola corresponds to Old Irish sruth fola "stream of blood". arrenn, r grim etc. may be for r greann "for
irritation". Other parts sound clearly Anglo-Saxon such as onnhel, on hl for unhl "unhealthy". The .lll. has been
taken as a corruption of the ogham letter (w) "alder", the ffil. crondi. . following it as the gloss fil crand .i.
w[eorn] "it is a tree, i.e. 'alder'" In the interpretation of Meroney (1945), the original text gave a list of ingredients for
staunching blood, alder (weorn), curds (roth), etc., with a gloss explaining one of them having slipped into the text.
cron aer crio is taken as Irish for "prohibition against bleeding", r leno as "against afflictions" (Old Irish ar
lunu).[6]
Notes
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[2]
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[4]
References
Page, Raymond I. (1999). An Introduction to English Runes (http://books.google.com/
books?id=SgpriZdKin0C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_navlinks_s#v=onepage&q=&f=false) (2nd ed.).
Boydell Press. ISBN0-85115-768-8.
Page, Raymond I. 'The Inscriptions,' Appendix A in Wilson, D. M. Anglo-Saxon Ornamental Metalwork
700-1100 in the British Museum. London:Trustees of the British Museum. pp. 67-90.
Page, Raymond I. (1999), "Two Runic Notes," Anglo-Saxon England, Volume 27, ISBN 978-0-521-62243-1.
Okasha, Elisabeth (2003). "Anglo-Saxon Inscribed Rings." Leeds Studies in English, n.s. 34, pp. 2945.
McLeod, Mindy (2002). "Bind-Runes in Numerological Rune-Magic" (http://books.google.com/
books?id=W91nBn0l96wC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&
f=false). In Vennemann, Theo. Amsterdamer Beitrge zur lteren Germanistik 56. Rodopi. pp.2740.
ISBN90-420-1579-9. p. 32.
External links
Anglo-Saxon Runic Rings (http://ansax.com/anglo-saxon-runic-rings/) (ansax.com February 2010)
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