Pearl/ Ásfríðr (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} pearl) wrote,@ 2007-11-25 13:39:00 |
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Hvat sa sa er i sa sa sik sa sa er i sa sa ...
Occasionally, I wonder why the medieval Scandinavians had the seemingly driving need to label their wheat flails with 'flail', their combs with 'comb' and their weaving tablets with curses.
I can appreciate, however, that attaching name tags to personal belongings has been happening for quite some time. As has graffiti and love notes. More on the Bryggen inscriptions on Wikipedia.
(Did people ever intentionally mis-identify objects, so their comb was called 'box' for example?)
In regards to the idea that runes weren't used for longer inscriptions, there are the Lavardr letters (B448) and the letters from the graffiti and love notes link above, although I'm having trouble finding the Bryggen references.
Sure, there is the 14th century Codex Runicus, but carved pine wood sounds a lot cooler.
Occasionally, I wonder why the medieval Scandinavians had the seemingly driving need to label their wheat flails with 'flail', their combs with 'comb' and their weaving tablets with curses.
I can appreciate, however, that attaching name tags to personal belongings has been happening for quite some time. As has graffiti and love notes. More on the Bryggen inscriptions on Wikipedia.
(Did people ever intentionally mis-identify objects, so their comb was called 'box' for example?)
In regards to the idea that runes weren't used for longer inscriptions, there are the Lavardr letters (B448) and the letters from the graffiti and love notes link above, although I'm having trouble finding the Bryggen references.
Sure, there is the 14th century Codex Runicus, but carved pine wood sounds a lot cooler.
