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_Arnfinn the son of Steins engraved these Runes._
The other letters are defective and give no distinct meaning.--Professor MUNCH.
ARNFITHR RAEIST RUNAR THISAR SONR STAINS.
THRUKR LIT.
_Arnfinn, a son of Steins, carved these runes. Thrud caused_ . . . .
(incomplete).--Professor RAFN.
No. XXII.
BOT aeR OKTIL AT SOKUA, SUO IN KOTALANT.[6] _Sua Inklant._
_Boot (blood money) is also to seek, so in Gothland, so in England._
It may also be a fanciful Alphabet.--Professor STEPHENS.
There are peculiar Runes, but too obscure for interpretation. Similar ones have been found near Baffins Bay. (_Vide_ Antiquitates Americanae).--Professor MUNCH.
This No. represents some signs belonging to the calendar--similar ones have been found in the Paradise cavern, and at Hof in Iceland. (_Vide_ Rafn. Antiquitates Americanae).--Professor RAFN.
No. XXIII.
IKIKAETHIR, KYNANA, IN, UAENSTA.
_Inkikaethr, of women the fairest._
Also the figure of an Otter with a fish in its mouth, meant for a decoration.--Professor STEPHENS.
IKIKAERTH IR KYNANA IN UAENSTA.
_Ingigerthr is of women the most beautiful._--Professor MUNCH.
IGIGAERTH IR KYNANA IN VAENSTA.
_Ingigerth is the fairest of the women._--Professor RAFN.
[Sidenote: _Plate XII._]
No. XXIV.
No interpretation of this is offered by the learned Professors.
Nos. XXV. and XXVI.
A Dragon and Worm Knot.--Professor STEPHENS.
No. XXV.
This is a Dragon drawn with art. There is a similar one on a stone at Hunstead in Scania. It may be ascribed to the heathen times, as well as the construction of the barrow itself.--Professor RAFN.
No. XXVI.
A serpentine winding like those found on Runic stones in the Scandinavian north and on other monuments from the last period of heathenism, and the commencement of the Christian era.--Professor RAFN.
[Sidenote: _Plate XIII._]
The remaining Nos. are considered by all the learned Professors as "scribbles" or scratches, and must be considered as unimportant.
[Ill.u.s.tration: PLATE VII.]
[Ill.u.s.tration: PLATE VIII.]
[Ill.u.s.tration: PLATE IX.]
[Ill.u.s.tration: PLATE X.]
[Ill.u.s.tration: PLATE XI.]
[Ill.u.s.tration: PLATE XII.]
[Ill.u.s.tration: PLATE XIII.]
Footnotes:
[1] The country people state that the building was formerly inhabited by a person named Hogboy, possessing great strength. Haugbuie, in Norse, signifies "the ghost of the tomb;" and Haugr, "tumulus."
