Erilaz is a Migration period Proto-Norse word attested on various Elder Futhark inscriptions, which has often been interpreted to mean "magician" or "rune master", viz. one who is capable of writing runes to magical effect. The word is linguistically related to the name of the tribe of the Heruli, however, and as Mees (2003) has shown, both are ablaut variants of earl, so it is probably merely an old Germanic military title. Human migration denotes any movement of groups of people from one locality to another, rather than of individual wanderers. ... Proto-Norse, Proto-Nordic, Ancient Nordic or Proto-North Germanic was an Indo-European language spoken in Scandinavia that is thought to have evolved from Proto-Germanic between the 1st century BC and the 2nd century, and was spoken until ca 800, when it evolved into the Old Norse language. ... The 24 runes of the Elder Futhark The Elder Futhark (or Elder Fuþark, Older Futhark, Old Futhark) are the oldest form of the runic alphabet, used by Germanic tribes for Proto-Norse and other Migration period Germanic dialects of the 2nd to 8th centuries for inscriptions on artefacts (jewellery... Younger Futhark inscription on the Vaksala Runestone The Runic alphabets are a set of related alphabets using letters known as runes, formerly used to write Germanic languages, mainly in Scandinavia and the British Isles, but before Christianization also on the European Continent. ... The Heruli (spelled variously in Latin and Greek) were a nomadic Germanic people, who were subjugated by the Ostrogoths, Huns, and Byzantines in the 3rd to 5th centuries. ... An Earl or Jarl was an Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian title, meaning chieftain and it referred especially to chieftains set to rule a territory in a kings stead. ...

• The Lindholm amulet is a bone piece found in Skåne, dated to the 2nd to 4th centuries:

ekerilazsawilagazhateka:aaaaaaaazzznnn?bmuttt:alu:

read as

ek erilaz sawilagaz hateka; "aaaaaaaazzznnn?bmuttt" alu.

Translated as "I, the Erilaz, am called Sawilagaz; ... charm". Sawilagaz means "the one of the Sun (Sowilo)". Alu is a word for spell or charm. This sequence has been interpreted as a magical formula: the three consecutive t runes as an invocation of Tyr, and the eight As runes as an invocation or symbolic list of eight Æsir.

• The Kragehul I spear-shaft found in Funen

ekerilazasugisalasmuhahaitegagagaginuga [....]

ek erilaz asugisalas muha haite, gagaga gin[n]u ga

Interpreted as "I, Asugisalaz am called Muha" followed by some sort of battle cry or chant. Asugisalaz contains ansu- "god" and gisala- "sprout, offspring". Muha may either be a personal name, or a word meaning "retainer" or similar. The runes of gagaga are displayed as a row of three bindrunes based on the X-shape of the g rune with sidetwigs attached to its extremities for the a. A similar sequence gægogæ is found on the Undley bracteate.

• Bracteates Eskatorp-F and Väsby-F have e[k]erilaz
• Bratsberg clasp: ekerilaz
• Veblingsnes:ekerilaz
• Rosseland: ekwagigazerilaz
• Järsberg: ekerilaz
• By: ekirilaz
• the Etelheim clasp has mkmrlawrta read as ek erla wrta "I, Erla, wrote this".

The Flag of SkÃ¥ne (also known as Scania in English) is the southernmost historical province (landskap) and County (Län) of Sweden. ... The Trundholm Sun Chariot pulled by a horse is believed to be a sculpture illustrating an important part of Nordic Bronze Age mythology. ... Tyr rune The t-rune ᛏ is named after Tyr, and was identified with this god. ... Týr, depicted here with both hands intact, is identified with Mars in this illustration from an 18th century Icelandic manuscript. ... In Old Norse, the Æsir (singular Áss, feminine Ásynja, feminine plural Ásynjur, Anglo-Saxon Ós, from Proto-Germanic *Ansuz) are the principal gods of the pantheon of Norse mythology. ... Funen (Danish: Fyn) is the second largest island of Denmark, it has a population of 445,000 people. ... The Aesir (Old Norse Æsir, singular Áss, feminine Ásynja, feminine plural Ásynjur) are the principal pantheon of gods in Norse mythology. ... A bind rune is a ligature of two or more runes. ... A bracteate (from the Latin bractea, a thin piece of metal) is a flat, thin, single-sided gold coin produced in Northern Europe predominantly during the Migration Period of the Germanic Iron Age, but the name is also used for later produced coins of silver produced in Central Europe during...

References

Mees, B. 2003, 'Runic erilaR', North-Western European Language Evolution (NOWELE), 42:41-68.

External links

• http://www.runenprojekt.uni-kiel.de/abfragen/standard/wortmaterial3.asp?wklasse=NAM&wordno=409