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I have done a rough translation of the runes from the family tree we where shown, unfortunately I only have a sd copy so some letters may be wrong, but it looks plausible.
Paternal Grandfather – His Majesti Kij Olaf (which is so cool and really the main reason I posted the translation)
Paternal Grandmother – Her Majesti Wueen Astrd
Maternal Grandfather- His Majesti Kij MagnusFather – His Majesti Kij Herald
Mother – Her Majesti Wueen Sonja
Ingrid (the third rune is a ng)
Helga
Gerd (the image seemed to cut off here)
If anyone sees any error in my translation (I am just working from wikipedia) please post.
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Just a few additions.
What you deciphered as ‘kij’ is ‘king’ – the Ingwaz rune for ‘ng’ can have different forms, the one you see in Ingrid but as well can look more like a rhomb or square (in the Elder Furthak).
Why in ‘wueen’ they use Wynn rune, so ‘w’, instead of Kaun rune, ‘k’, like they correctly did in ‘king’, beats me. Etymological ‘queen’ is Old English ‘cwen’, so probably that’s why they used ‘w’, though would have made more sense instead of the rune for ‘u’, so ‘kween’, but whatever.
And I am pretty sure there is an ‘i’ before the rune for ‘d’, so it’s Astrid
As we can sure guess it’s Gerda
Good work.
(and nice that my nerdy exploration of runes for history class in high school pays of a bit now, lol)
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Did they not show the Maternal Grandmother?
SFG
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Thanks for the detailed feedback.
Just a few additions. What you deciphered as ‘kij’ is ‘king’ – the Ingwaz rune for ‘ng’ can have different forms, the one you see in Ingrid but as well can look more like a rhomb or square (in the Elder Furthak).
Normally I would agree but I found it too strange that they used two different versions of the same rune on the same document, it seemed illogical, but it could very well be the rhomb.
Why in ‘wueen’ they use Wynn rune, so ‘w’, instead of Kaun rune, ‘k’, like they correctly did in ‘king’, beats me. Etymological ‘queen’ is Old English ‘cwen’, so probably that’s why they used ‘w’, though would have made more sense instead of the rune for ‘u’, so ‘kween’, but whatever.
Again I would have expected that and does make much more sense but the artist clearly didn’t agree.
And I am pretty sure there is an ‘i’ before the rune for ‘d’, so it’s Astrid As we can sure guess it’s Gerda Good work. (and nice that my nerdy exploration of runes for history class in high school pays of a bit now, lol)
Astrid was what I assumed it was intended and I will happily assume that my low res image didn’t show up the stroke. Also, I wish I went to your high school, my history classes only gave me a extended knowledge of Greek and Norse gods and Ancient Roman military tactics.
Oh and SFG they only showed the maternal grandmother’s family shield in the frame.
“The truth isn't easily pinned to a page. In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap and much more difficult to find.” - Terry Pratchett
I’m curious to know what kingdom Queen Sonja hails from originally. (I think it’s safe to assume that the teal and purple coat of arms with the gold floral motif is the official coat of arms of the Arendelle royal family. It is displayed very prominently between Harald and Sonja, but you can also see it above King Olaf, who is Harald’s father. Therefore, Sonja would have married in to the Arendelle royal family.) *ponders*
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