Scholar unravels what a Viking would tell his Valentine 900 years ago

[icymist]

Before candy hearts, there were Valentine etchings.

Case in point: a romantic message carved into a piece of bone more than 900 years ago in Sweden.

"Kiss me," it says.

The markings had stumped scholars for ages.

But a scientist at the University of Oslo recently cracked what's known as the jotunvillur code, a secret rune language used by Vikings in the 13th century that can be found in more than 80 Norse inscriptions like the Viking Valentine.
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/science/140211/kiss-me-scholar-cracks-900-year-old-vikings-valentine

[malthaussen]

1. "Code used by Vikings," eh?

Hmmm, might provide some insight on what they got up to on those longship voyages.

-- Mal