Rendition of the runic inscription from the Pforzen buckle. (cf. Düwel, p.19)The Elder Futhark. R represents a late Proto-Norse pronunciation, whereas earlier dialects of Proto-Germanic had z.
The Pforzen buckle is a silver belt buckle found in Pforzen, Ostallgäu (Schwaben) in 1992. The Alemannic grave in which it was found (no. 239) dates to the end of the 6th century and was presumably that of a warrior, as it also contained a spear, spatha, seax and shield. The buckle is of the Alemannic Weingarten type (Babucke 1999).
The Pforzenbuckle is a silver belt buckle found in Pforzen, Ostallgäu (Schwaben) in 1992. The Alemannic grave in which it was found (no. 239) dates to...
have survived, roughly half of them on fibulae, others on belt buckles (see Pforzenbuckle, Bülach fibula) and other jewelry and weapon parts. Use of runes...
and 1996. Two items bearing runic inscriptions were recovered, the Pforzenbuckle in 1992 and an ivory ring in 1996. Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister...
Elder Futhark inscriptions dating to the sixth century (Bülach fibula, Pforzenbuckle, Nordendorf fibula). In the Old High German period, the first coherent...
Futhark inscriptions from as early as the sixth century AD (such as the Pforzenbuckle), the Old High German period is generally seen as beginning with the...
the "bronze capsule of Schretzheim" (c. 600) and the silver belt buckle found in Pforzen, Ostallgäu (Schwaben). A number of Latin texts include Lombardic...
of the rest of the text. second half of 6th century Old High German Pforzenbuckle c. 575 Telugu Erragudipadu inscription Telugu place names are found...
Þiðrekssaga, the Völundarkviða; they are also usually identified on the Pforzenbuckle inscription, from c. 570–600. Some of the earliest evidence for Germanic...
been interpreted[by whom?] as birl[i]n io elk "(little) bear and elk". Pforzenbuckle MacLeod, Mindy; Bernard, Mees (2006). Runic Amulets and Magic Objects...
Völundarkviða tells that he was the husband of the swan maiden Olrun. The Pforzenbuckle inscription, dating to about the same period as the casket, also makes...
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