I've been observing a debate about the Anglo-Saxon rune Ior/Iar/Jór/Jör
(depending on where you're getting your interetation..)
There was some who understood it as referencing a Horse, whilst others felt it references the midgard serpert.. and then someone waded in and said 'The Old Norse word 'jór' means 'horse''
Now, i've been lurking on this site for a bit but due to time constraints my understanding is still limited.
But from what I know/recal, the ON for Horse is Hestur/Hross? I've had a quick look at the Cleasby/Vigfusson dictionary which seems to back this up, but i was wondering if someone else might be able to tell me if they know of any interpretation of horse in ON as being anything related to 'jór'?
My opinion is that it's talking about the world serpent, which from what i gather is Miðgarðsormr in ON, which is then often anglicised to Jörmungandr
Whilst i'm not sure how old this 'anglicisation' is and whether it ties in with the time of the AS runes, the Jör- from this word seems to hold the theory closer to being a reference to the world serpent than a horse?