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the opposite side, we have first an interlaced pattern, then 
a half human figure across which, apparently, are the paws 
of a lion ; another interlaced pattern, and a figure with a 
sword in his right hand and a hawk on his left shoulder. 
Scrolls and knots of different designs occupy the remaining 
sides. 
5. Fragments of another very similar cross, on one of 
which is an imperfect inscription : — 
CUNI— 
ONLAF 
6. Fragments of another, distinguished from the last by 
having a cabled border within the frame. 
7. Fragments of a sixth. 
The resemblance between the fragments 4 and 5, is so 
great, that I think it extremely probable that the latter 
belonged to a second cross, which with the former marked 
one sepulchre ; and that, the sepulchre of the king whose 
name and title are inscribed upon one of the fragments. 
There can be little doubt that the last letter of the first 
line of this inscription is part of the Runic U, and that the 
word complete would be CUNUNC, the form which occurs 
upon the coins of Anlaf, Sitric, and Regnald. CUNUNC 
ONLAF then, is " King Onlaf." As there were two 
kings of this name who reigned in Northumbria in the 
tenth century, a brief examination of their history will be 
necessary in order to ascertain to which of them this 
monument belongs. 
A.D. 927, immediately after the death of Sitric, iEthelstan 
expelled his sons Anlaf and Guthfrith, and the former fled 
to Ireland. 
A.D. 937, Constantine, King of Scotland, persuaded 
Anlaf, his son-in-law, who had conquered Dublin and 
established his kingdom there, to assist him in invading 
England. Accordingly he entered the Humber with a 
