Re: Help with one phrase?

The last word is not "bann" -- it's "þann." (It's the word "þat" -- translation: "that" -- in the Accusative case.) The first letter is the Norse letter which represents a 'th' sound -- 'thurisaz' in the Elder Futhark.

And no, there is no exclamation point or any other form of punctuation that I'm aware of in Old Norse inscriptions. Occasionally, words are separated by dots or vertical lines, but not always. Often they just run together in one long line, just to drive runologists insane.

I'm a little puzzled as to why you wrote each word backwards. Most of the inscriptions I've seen are written left to right, like modern European languages.

Jamie

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From: elvis_a_christ

To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 3:42 AM

Subject: [norse_course] Re: Help with one phrase?

Thank you very much! I am definately looking for the imperative, as is "tak upp hamarinn bann" (forgive my lack of font). If I were to inscribe that phrase, using the Elder Futhark, would it look like this: / |\ /|\ < |\ / | \ \ | | |\/ |\ | | | |/\ | | | | |\ |\ |><| |\ | | + | |/ |\ | | |\ |-_| | | |\ | | | | | | | | |\ |\ /| | + |\ | >< | . | | |/ \| (I again apologize... Yahoo Groups doesn't support runic fonts, does it?) I'm not sure if the first letter of the last word is actually a form of "b" or "d/dh", or if the exclamation point actually exists in ancient runic inscriptions. Thanks again, Pete