Posted on 08/09/2015 7:24:45 AM PDT by BenLurkin
A sword found in Lincolsnhire's River Witham in 1825 bears a peculiar inscription that nobody can read.
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The inscription on the blade reads +NDXOXCHWDRGHDXORVI+.
"An intriguing feature of this sword is an as yet indecipherable inscription, found along one of its edges and inlaid in gold wire," wrote British Library curator Julian Harrison.
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I think it’s something about Ovaltine.
Spelling autocorrect?
Naaa..It says:
If found please return to........
Made in China
Probably Welsh.
Password to a Templar bank account.
(what better way to remember it)
I think it’s a VIN of sorts.
:-)
What if the truth is it was an inscriber simply practicing common letters on his own blade?
Maybe it says "from my cold dead hands". And it was found in a river so someone took "lost in a horrible fishing accident" too literally.
First letter of name of each person the owner of the sword killed with it. :)
Wales never became a world power because their young people spent so many years learning to speak and spell.
There! Look!
What does it say? What language is that?
Brother Maynard, you’re our scholar.
It is Aramaic!
Of course. Joseph of Arimathea!
-Of course.
-What does it say?
It reads, “Here may be found...
“...the last words of Joseph of Arimathea:
“’He who is valiant and pure of spirit...
“’...may find the Holy Grail...
“’...in the Castle of Aaargh.”’
What?
“The Castle of Aaargh.”
What is that?
He must have died while carving it.
-Come on!
-That’s what it says.
Look, if he was dying,
he wouldn’t bother to carve “Aaargh.”
-He’d just say it.
-That’s what’s carved in the rock.
-Perhaps he was dictating it.
-Shut up!
-Does it say anything else?
-No!
Just “Aaargh.”
Aaargh.
Do you suppose he meant the Camargue?
-Where’s that?
-ln France, I think.
-lsn’t there a St. Aaargh’s in Cornwall?
-No, that’s St. Ives.
St. Ives.
No, “Aaargh.” At the back of the throat.
No, in surprise and alarm!
-You mean a sort of a “Ah!”
-Yes, that’s right.
My God!
It’s the Legendary Black Beast of Aaargh!
That’s it! Run away!
We’ve lost him.
As the horrendous Black Beast
lunged forward...
...escape for Arthur
and his knights seemed hopeless.
When, suddenly, the animator
suffered a fatal heart attack.
The cartoon peril was no more.
The quest for the Holy Grail
could continue.
It says, “Black Lives Matter” ?
“If found, return to Arthur.”
As far as I can tell, either it’s Old Gaelic for “I’m not saying it’s aliens, but ...” Or it’s a Unix command.
Ginsu knife as seen on tv.
A custom I’ve sometimes seen with private prayers and blessings is using an acronym.
The first letter in each word of the prayer is placed in a row. That way what is being said is more or less a secret that only the person praying for knows it.
For example- “In the name of the father, the son, and the holy spirit, I ask thee to watch over my wife and child to guide them and protect them” would be itnotftsathsiattwomwactgtapt.
A string of random letters indecipherable to almost any.
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