G-i-P Report: A runic hip-flask
Here’s an image of a hip-flask that was given to the folks who worked in The Hobbit‚s costume department. The picture was provided by our special G-i-P Spy. We think it may be a good example of the runes/language that will be used in the films.
So far we have estimated that the runes are Angerthas Moria (or Angerthas Erebor) and the last line is the year date:
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2012
Help us to decipher the rest of the runic inscription!
[Update:]
Pekka, a Tolkienian linguist from Poland proposes:
I’m not quite sure how you got the year, but from what I can see the runes seem to be Anglo-Saxon (and Hobbitish at the same time).
The first line makes no sense to me: H C(=K) D.
The second one, however, goes beautifully: SURVIVOR (where U=V).
Maybe H.C.D. (or H.K.D.) mean: Hobbit Costume Department? If so we have here:
[Anglo-Saxon runes:]
H[obbit] C[ostume] D[epartment]
SURVIVOR
[Angerthas Erebor runic numerals, know from The Book of Mazarbul:]
2012
G-i-P stands for Gwaith-i-Phethain, ‘The Fellowship of the Word-smiths’ or the linguistic website devoted to post-Tolkienian constructions in the “reconstructed” languages of Middle-earth [link].
Kategorie wpisu: Filmy: Hobbit i WP, G-i-P Report, In Westron (English), Lingwistyka
3 Komentarzy do wpisu "G-i-P Report: A runic hip-flask"
Pekka, dnia 01.08.2012 o godzinie 10:14
I’m not quite sure how you got the year, but from what i can see the runes seem to be Anglo-Saxon (and Hobbitish at the same time).
The first line makes no sense to me: H C(=K) D.
The second one, however, goes beautifully: SURVIVOR (where U=V).
How do you like that 😉
Galadhorn, dnia 01.08.2012 o godzinie 10:19
Great, Pekka. Maybe the first three signs are HKD – the initials of the possessor of the flask?
Galadhorn, dnia 01.08.2012 o godzinie 10:36
Now I think that HCD stands for Hobbit Costume Department.
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