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Undley bracteate

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The Undley bracteate is a 5th-century bracteate found in Undley Common, near Lakenheath, Suffolk. [1]

18 relations: Anglo-Saxon runes, Anglo-Saxons, Ansuz (rune), Bind rune, Bracteate, British Museum, Constantine the Great, Elder Futhark, Germany, Gyfu, Kragehul I, Lakenheath, Old English, Romulus and Remus, Runes, Scandinavia, She-wolf (Roman mythology), Suffolk.

Anglo-Saxon runes

Anglo-Saxon runes are runes used by the early Anglo-Saxons as an alphabet in their writing.

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Anglo-Saxons

The Anglo-Saxons were a people who inhabited Great Britain from the 5th century.

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Ansuz (rune)

Ansuz is the conventional name given to the a-rune of the Elder Futhark,.

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Bind rune

A bind rune (bandrún) is a ligature of two or more runes.

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Bracteate

A bracteate (from the Latin bractea, a thin piece of metal) is a flat, thin, single-sided gold medal worn as jewelry that was produced in Northern Europe predominantly during the Migration Period of the Germanic Iron Age (including the Vendel era in Sweden).

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British Museum

The British Museum, located in the Bloomsbury area of London, United Kingdom, is a public institution dedicated to human history, art and culture.

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Constantine the Great

Constantine the Great (Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus; Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ Μέγας; 27 February 272 ADBirth dates vary but most modern historians use 272". Lenski, "Reign of Constantine" (CC), 59. – 22 May 337 AD), also known as Constantine I or Saint Constantine, was a Roman Emperor of Illyrian and Greek origin from 306 to 337 AD.

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Elder Futhark

The Elder Futhark (also called Elder Fuþark, Older Futhark, Old Futhark or Germanic Futhark) is the oldest form of the runic alphabets.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Gyfu

Gyfu is the name for the g-rune in the Anglo-Saxon rune poem, meaning "gift" or "generosity": The corresponding letter of the Gothic alphabet is 𐌲 g, called giba.

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Kragehul I

Kragehul I (DR 196 U) is a migration period lance-shaft found on Funen, Denmark.

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Lakenheath

Lakenheath is a village in Suffolk, England.

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Old English

Old English (Ænglisc, Anglisc, Englisc), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest historical form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.

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Romulus and Remus

In Roman mythology, Romulus and Remus are twin brothers, whose story tells the events that led to the founding of the city of Rome and the Roman Kingdom by Romulus.

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Runes

Runes are the letters in a set of related alphabets known as runic alphabets, which were used to write various Germanic languages before the adoption of the Latin alphabet and for specialised purposes thereafter.

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Scandinavia

Scandinavia is a region in Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural and linguistic ties.

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She-wolf (Roman mythology)

In the Roman foundation myth, it was a she-wolf that nursed and sheltered the twins Romulus and Remus after they were abandoned in the wild by order of King Amulius of Alba Longa.

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Suffolk

Suffolk is an East Anglian county of historic origin in England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undley_bracteate

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