. Contributions to Old English literature. fate of the capturedJews was decided (Josephus, De bello jud., lib. vi. cap. ix). The right-hanfljg-ts/ compartment he thinks shows the captives taken by Titus, and hebelieves t\isA gisl is used either collectively or as a neuter plur., and means captives. His reasoning, in the absence of any such collective or neuteruse of gisl elsewhere in OE., has not convinced me that there is any reasonfor departing from the usual rendering hostage. The last three signs are new ones. The first (h) is the ordinary c-rune (as used on the Ruthwell Cross, c&c), the s
. Contributions to Old English literature. fate of the capturedJews was decided (Josephus, De bello jud., lib. vi. cap. ix). The right-hanfljg-ts/ compartment he thinks shows the captives taken by Titus, and hebelieves t\isA gisl is used either collectively or as a neuter plur., and means captives. His reasoning, in the absence of any such collective or neuteruse of gisl elsewhere in OE., has not convinced me that there is any reasonfor departing from the usual rendering hostage. The last three signs are new ones. The first (h) is the ordinary c-rune (as used on the Ruthwell Cross, c&c), the second (A) is another formof the c-rune (identical with that used on the other sides of the casket, e. csesiri, gasric). They cannot however denote c here, but are arbitrarilyused for some other sound. The sign ? varies somewhat in form, but I believe that tlje various formshave all the same value. * Cp. p. 380. Mr. H. Bradley and Mr. W. A. Craigie arrived quite independently atthe same interpretation of the arbitrary runes. B b a. V. THE RIGHT SIDE, SHOWING THE END-PIECE(Taken in London) 372 CONTRIBUTIONS TO Looking at rd^^ns^rg (bottom) it was evident that theword-division must come between the n and the s, since(with certain well-known exceptions due to syncope, &c.)an s is not found after an «, the latter having been lost inthat position in prehistoric English. Taking the letterss^rg, the word sorg is most obvious, and looking a fewrunes ahead we see the synonymous torn. Turning now tothe top line and interpreting-Has o, we get on kKrmbXrgh,in the b\rg of which we recognize the North, berg, , and a dative ending being required after the on, wemay interpret A as a?, yielding on hxrmbergx, which,except that the carver cut hxrm instead of harm or hearm,gives a perfectly intelligible reading. Applying the newlygained values to the bottom and left, we get sorgae hnd sefatornse, where it is evident that h stands for a ( with sorrowand grief of heart). For the only re
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