Of a large number of old Norse runic inscriptions which have been discovered and interpreted' only a few have any connection with the problem of alliteration. These are as follows: I. By stone, Norway, seventh century, Noreen. 72 ek irilaR hroRaR hroReR orte Pat aRina ubt alaifu dagaR runoR markiWe" I earl Hr6rr, Hr6r's son, made this mound in memory of Alof. Dagr engraved the runes. II. B5 stone, Norway, sixth Century, Noreen, 8 hnabudas hlaiwa Hnofo 's grave III. Darum bracteate, iii, Denmark, fifth century, Noreen, 13 liliR aiwuida it uha Lillr [owns this]. Oe fashioned it. IV. Eggjum stone slab, Norway, ca. 700, Johannesson, 14 hin warb naseu manR made Jaim kaiba i bormuJa huni huwaR ob kam haris a hi a lant gotna fiskR oRuki nauim suemande fokl if sliti na galande is alin misurki ni s solu sot uk ni sakse stain skorinn ni sati manR nakda ni snareR ni wiltiR manR lagi hin la ..... Over this stone the man poured blood and with it scraped the planks of the sledge when the work of the auger was done. Which of the multitude of runes has come hither, hither into the land of men? To the fish swimming through the stream of corpses [= ON -ormr], to the bird which would screech if it could rend the dead [= ON -are, i.e., Ormare to Ormar], an avenger is born. The stone has not been exposed to. the rays of the sun, nor have the runes been cut with a knife. Let no one lift up the stone to expose it, nor shall bold or foolish persons lay it down. V. Etelheim clasp, Sweden, end of fifth century, Noreen, 18 mik marila worta Mherle made me.