Old Saxon Runes

[Joe Makowiec]

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

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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

[Sn!pe]

Joe Makowiec <***@invalid.invalid> wrote:

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Apologies for this being entirely off topic, but I cannot
let this reference pass without comment: how nice it is
to see that Blinky The Shark is still remembered after all
these years.

RIP, Blinky, who always had Usenet close to his heart.

[Joe Makowiec]

Post by Sn!pe

<http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/>

Apologies for this being entirely off topic, but I cannot
let this reference pass without comment: how nice it is
to see that Blinky The Shark is still remembered after all
these years.
RIP, Blinky, who always had Usenet close to his heart.

Not at all. I miss Usenet every day. Web fora are, at best, a lame and
crippled substitute.

[Ian Goddard]

Post by Joe Makowiec
I miss Usenet every day

Why?

I use it every day. Usenet servers and clients are all available.

[MB]

Post by Joe Makowiec
Can anybody translate these Old Saxon runes? Transcribed as best I can;

Have you tried using


https://valhyr.com/pages/rune-converter

[john]

Post by MB

Post by Joe Makowiec
Can anybody translate these Old Saxon runes? Transcribed as best I can;

Have you tried using
https://valhyr.com/pages/rune-converter

The runes are on the findagrave.com page

Putting those into the translator gives
gion : cþbd : stn : zrä

As they are just phonetics, is it possible "gion" sounds similar to "john"

If this is the same person, perhaps you might find something helpful in
Runes for Faring Forth - a new collection of poems. By Haviland Ferris,
pseud of John Claiborne Davis
from Google Books https://tinyurl.com/22

[Joe Makowiec]

Post by john
The runes are on the findagrave.com page
Putting those into the translator gives
gion : cßbd : stn : zrÀ
As they are just phonetics, is it possible "gion" sounds similar to "john"

I hadn't noticed this, but it makes sense.

Post by john
If this is the same person, perhaps you might find something helpful
in Runes for Faring Forth - a new collection of poems. By Haviland
Ferris, pseud of John Claiborne Davis
from Google Books https://tinyurl.com/22w6oov7

I think you're on to something. The book is available from a few sources,
but US$20-40 (£17-34) seems a bit steep on speculation.

[MB]

Post by Joe Makowiec
Can anybody translate these Old Saxon runes? Transcribed as best I can;

I had a quick look to see if any relevant newsgroups but possible one
was a Viking one but it is full of religious rubbish.

I thought I found something about RUNES on JISCMAIL but can't find again
so perhaps it was somewhere else!