 | Paul Henri Mallet - 1770 - 496 sayfa
...into various kinds *. The NOXIOUS, or as they called * Vid. Worm. Littcrat. Runic, p. 33. et Bartho!. de Cauf. &c. p. 650. them, the BITTER RUNES, were...infcribed on the leaves of trees for healing : others ferved to difpel melancholy thoughts; to prevent fhipwreck : were antidotes againft poifon; prefervatives... | |
 | 1809 - 406 sayfa
...characters were diftinguifhed into various kinds *. The NOXIOUS, or as they called them, the BITTER KUNES, were employed to bring various evils on their enemies...VICTORIOUS procured conqueft to thofe who ufed them : the MEDICIKAL were infcribed on the leaves of trees for healing: others ferved to difpel melancholy thoughts... | |
 | Paul Henri Mallet - 1847 - 598 sayfa
...observe, that the Runic characters were distinguished into various kinds*. The noxious, or, as they called them, the bitter runes, were employed to bring various...favourable averted misfortunes; the victorious procured conquest to those who used them ; the medicinal were inscribed on the leaves of trees for healing ;... | |
 | Paul Henri Mallet - 1847 - 592 sayfa
...that the Runic characters were distinguished into various kinds *. The noxious, or, as they called them, the bitter runes, were employed to bring various...favourable averted misfortunes; the victorious procured conquest to those who usefl them ; the medicinal were inscribed on the leaves of trees for healing... | |
 | Paul Henri Mallet - 1847 - 594 sayfa
...characters were distinguished into various kinds *. The noxious, or, as they called them, the Utter runes, were employed to bring various evils on their...favourable averted misfortunes ; the victorious procured conquest to those who used them ; the medicinal were inscribed on the leaves of trees for healing ;... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - 1855 - 508 sayfa
...were of various kinds. They were chiefly used for magical purposes. The noxious, or, as they called them, the bitter runes, were employed to bring various evils on their enemies ; the favorable averted misfortune. Some were medicinal, others employed to win love, &c. In later times... | |
 | William Jones - 1877 - 620 sayfa
...They were distinguished into various kinds : the noxious — or, as they were called, the bitter — employed to bring various evils on their enemies ;...favourable averted misfortunes ; the victorious procured conquest to those who used them ; the medicinal were inscribed on the leaves of trees for healing ;... | |
 | 1881 - 410 sayfa
...surpassing it in height, are Jtbel Makmel and Jebel Sunnin, in Lebanon • "The noxtanu or, as they called them, the bitter runes were employed to bring various evils on their enemies ; liie farourabU averted misfortunes ; the victorious procured conquest to thnse who used them, the... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - 1903 - 510 sayfa
...were of various kinds. They were chiefly used for magical purposes. The noxious, or, as they called them, the bitter runes, were employed to bring various evils on their enemies ; the favorable averted misfortune. Some were medicinal, others employed to win love, etc. In later times... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - 1913 - 972 sayfa
...were of various kinds. They were chiefly used for magical purposes. The noxious, or, as they called them, the bitter runes, were employed to bring various evils on their enemies ; the favorable averted misfortune. Some were medicinal, others employed to win love, etc. In later times... | |
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In later times they were frequently used for inscriptions, of which more than a thousand have been found. The language is a dialect of the Gothic, called Norse, still in use in Iceland. The inscriptions may therefore... 
