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" The two brothers .lokul and Thorstein wen- to meet 

 Finnbogi for a Holmganga. 1 As he did not come, they took 

 a post from the latter's farm ; .lokul carved a man's head 





l-'i.Lj. '-"J(i. Earlier runes mi granitu lilnrk. About In t'eet high, 4 feet. 11 iiirli 

 at widest jiart, ami ',1 indite t lurk. Tannin. UohiisKin, S 



at one end, and traxred in runes an account of what had 

 occurred that day" (Vatnsda-la. :!l). 



The inscriptions of the. earlier runes, the translation of which 

 must be received with extreme caution, are short, while those 

 of a later period are much longer. 



1 A form of i| nulling!. 



