Runologist breaks jotunvillur code-on-a-stick
(Phys.org) —A key to Ancient Norse messaging has been discovered by a Norwegian academic K Jonas Nordby; he has cracked an ancient messaging code. This is the 'jotunvillur' code, dating back to the 12th or 13th century in Scandinavia. The Guardian said the code has been puzzling experts for years. Runologist K. Jonas Nordby, University of Oslo, who is working on his doctorate, cracked the code via a wooden stick from the Bergen Wharf in Norway. Nordby has studied a number of runic codes in Northern Europe; he wrote in the International Journal of Runic Studies that "Inscriptions with rune-like symbols continue to challenge the ingenuity of runologists. Such inscriptions may take the form of meaningless scribbles, complex bind-runes, or garbled texts with a hidden message."