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It may not mean anything, or be very badly spelt if it does.
IIRC Saxon swords in particular often had inscriptions on them that didn't actually say anything because the people buying them (or making them) were illiterate. PEople wanted swords with their names, or other cool inscriptions on them, and they could recognise the symbols but they couldn't actually read. So the blacksmiths just put any old letters on and called it a day.
Its not unlike chinese tattoos that people think are deep and meaningful but are actually taken off a takeaway menu. (or the english t-shirts sold in china which are gibberish)
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In 2015 we blogged about the medieval sword then on loan to the British Library’s exhibition Magna Carta: Law, Liberty, Legacy. We have been thrilled by the huge number of suggestions we have received about it, from all corners of the globe. But all correspondence about the sword and its inscrip...
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