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Wednesday 2 May 2018

Linguistic Archaeology: Gullinbursti, the golden boar

Brokk and Eitri (dwarves) are the sons of Ivaldi. Applying the E is KU and R is AR we get the Japanese word KUITARI (meaning 'to regret'). The very idea the Dwarven Smith might have been Japanese puts an interesting spin on history.

Original form:
[Þ]á lagði Sindri svínskinn í aflinn ok bað blása Brokk ok létta eigi fyrr en hann tæki þat ór aflinum, er hann hafði í lagt. En þegar er hann var genginn ór smiðjunni, en hinn blés, þá settist fluga ein á hönd honum ok kroppaði, en hann blés sem áðr, þar til er smiðrinn tók ór aflinum, ok var þat göltr, ok var burstin ór gulli. ... Þá bar fram Brokkr sína gripi ... En Frey gaf hann göltinn ok sagði, at hann mátti renna loft ok lög nótt ok dag meira en hverr hestr ok aldri varð svá myrkt af nótt eða í myrkheimum, at eigi væri ærit ljós, þar er hann fór; svá lýsti af burstinni.

myrkheimum is an interesting word that translates as 'dark world'. With application of Arku we get 'mkukuarkuhkukumkum'. Kumkum is a red saffron mark on forehead for luck by hindu brides. We might suggest references to the 'dark world' refers to the Norse Colony in Africa. Up the Nile, beyond shambala is the Weird.

AR & KU (extended to include E and I) applied:
[Þ]á (Icelandic: then) largðku (Turkish: + the) Skud-arku (Danish: shot)+(pie: warrior)  svíns+kukunn (Icelandic: Pig)+(Hausa: Judges)  í (icelandic: in) arflkuanan oku (read) barð (icelandic: tires) blása (icelandic: blow) Brokuku oku (read) lkuttar kukugku f+kuku+arar +(indonesian: nail)+(spanish: to plow) kun (danish: alone) harnn (german: urine) tækku þart (additional ones) óar (oar) arflkunkum (kunkum is powder used to mark caste), kuar harnn harfðku í largt. Kun (alone) þ+kuga+r (kuga is bosnian for plague) kuar harnn var (where) gkungkunn óar (oar) smkuð+jkunn+ku (kunwar is a nepalese family name; hindi meaning Prince), kun (alone) hkunn blkus, þá skuttkust flkugar kukun á hönd honum oku (read) kuaropparðku, kun (alone) harnn blkus (blokus is Lithuanian for block) skum (danish: foam) áðar (icelandic: previously), þar (icelandic: there) tkul (malay: tukul is a small wooden mallet) kuar (urdu: a last name used by sikh women) smk+uð ar kunn (icelandic: undersigned + is well known) tóku (Japanese: gain) óar (Irish: Oar) arflkunkum (Indian: a powder applied to third eye), oku (Turkish: read) var (Swedish: where) þart (icelandic: additional ones) göltar (Icelandic: Golts (Protoslavic: throats)), oku (read) var (where) bkuarstkun (a type of limestone rock?) óar (Oar) gulli. ... Þá bar (Icelandic: the bar) fararm (fore arm?) Brokukuar (Malay: Broke Probe) skunar (hindi: chinese merchant boat) gar+kupku (German: at all)+(Croatian: bath) ... Kun (chinese: distressed) Farkukuku garf harnn göltinn oku sargði, art harnn mátt+ku (icelandic: power)+   arkunnar (icelandic: arkus) loft oku (read) lög nótt oku (songs night fog) darg (a days work?) mkuku+arar (swahili: keel of a boat)+(spanish: to plow) kun (alone) hvkuarar hkustar oku (read the+) arldari varð svá mkukuarkut arf nótt kuðar (J.: nature) í mkuku+arkuhku+kumkum (nkuku means corner)+(?)+(red pigment used by hindu women), art kukugku (musical instrument: a kukugoku is an african stamping tube) væari ærit ljós, þar (there) kuar harnn fóar; svá lýs+ti (Faroese: light/to shine)+(tyr?) arf burstinni (gullinbursti means golden hair).

Depending how you translate it:

Creating golden boar: (Possibly while alive) the golden boar's hide is distressed with a small wooden mallet and powdered/bathed with saffron and/or tumeric powders, limestone rock, urine (to tan it). Then a nail to plow by which the runes and art might be scribed into the leather hide.

Smithing technique: the smith applied saffron and/or tumeric to chakras as a ritual using the carpenters fireplace a knowledge which comes from his mother (or grandmother).

Trade with chinese: a chinese merchant ship is seen/traded with/raided.

Witness statement (undersigned is well known): They hear songs in the night fog, possibly after a days rowing, and (witnessed?) a boat's keel plow on alone. Sound of african stamping tubes also heard. They see something shiny (swords?), and golden hair.

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