Anglo-Saxon runic rings
There are seven known rings of the Anglo-Saxon period (9th or 10th century) bearing futhorc inscriptions.
and weighs 40.22 g. The inscription reads:[1] ᛭ ᚫᚱᛦᚱᛁᚢᚠᛚᛏærkriuflt᛭ ᛦᚱᛁᚢᚱᛁᚦᚩᚾkriuriþon᛭ ᚷᛚᚫᛋᛏᚫᛈᚩᚾ͡ᛏᚩᚿglæstæpon͡tol᛭ ᚫᚱᛦᚱᛁᚢᚠᛚᛏ ᛭ ᛦᚱᛁᚢᚱᛁᚦᚩᚾ ᛭ ᚷᛚᚫᛋᛏᚫᛈᚩᚾ͡ᛏᚩᚿ{} ærkriuflt {} kriuriþon {} glæstæpon͡tolWhere k is the late futhorc calc rune of the same shape as Younger Futhark Yr and the n͡t is written as a bindrune.
A replica is on exhibit in the Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery in Carlisle.
?nol᛫.ᛖᚱᚣ ᛫ ᚱᛁ ᛫ ᚢᚠ ᛫ ᛞᚩᛚ ᛫ ᚣᚱᛁ ᛫ ᚦᚩᛚ ᛫ ?ᛚᛖᛋ ᛫ ᛏᛖ ᛫ ᛈᚩᛏᛖ ᛫ ᚾᚩᛚ??
nol .Page (1999) takes this to be a corrupt version of the inscription of the Kingmoor and Bramham Moor rings.
The paper records an obscure inscription, "ERY.RI.VF.MOL / YRI.VRI.NOL / GLES.TE.SOTE.THOL", identified as "found in 1773 at Lynstock Castle near Carlisle, & not far from the Picts Wall in Cumberland".
Page adduces a note from a sale catalogue of 1778 which lists "An ancient Runic ring, found near the Picts Well, 1773".
A gilded silver ring, dating to the 8th century, found in 1993 in Wheatley Hill, County Durham and now in the British Museum.
[3] The inscription reads: [ᚻ]ᚱᛁᚾᚷᛁᚳᚻᚪᛏᛏ[ᚫ][h]ringichatt[æ][ᚻ]ᚱᛁᚾᚷᛁᚳᚻᚪᛏᛏ[ᚫ][h]ringichatt[æ]I am called ringThe first and last runes are covered up by two of the three gem bosses that were later applied to the ring.
Whilst runic inscriptions often refer to the object on which they are written, usually this is "me" or another suitable pronoun.
[4] The sequence ærkriu found on both the Kingmoor and Bramham Moor Rings is interpreted as a spell for staunching blood, based on comparison with a charm containing the sequence ærcrio found in Bald's Leechbook (i.vii, fol.
For this reason, the entire inscription is likely a protective or healing charm or spell with the ring serving as an amulet.
ær grenn tart strut onntria enn piathu Morfona onnhel.
inro cron aer crio ær mio aær leno.
ƿ[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 (ƿeorn), curds (ȝroth), etc., with a gloss explaining one of them having slipped into the text.
They are generally bronze, do not have niello letters but rather some kind of lacquer, and show signs of machining.
