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   Joe Makowiec to All   
   Old Saxon Runes   
   14 Jul 22 17:17:11   
   
   From: makowiec@invalid.invalid   
      
   Can anybody translate these Old Saxon runes? Transcribed as best I can;   
   unicode wouldn't make it through to the forum:   
      
   geofu is os næd : cen thorn berc dæg : sygil ti næd : ilcs rada ear   
      
   https://makowiec.org/john-claiborne-davis-inscription.jpg   
      
   This was found on the grave of John Claiborne Davis, who was for a long   
   time the dean at an Anglican (ie high church) school in Washington, DC:   
      
   https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/241410521/john-claiborne-davis   
      
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