4. The back vocalics

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgements v
3. Prefatory note vi
4. Contents vii
5. Abbreviations xxiii
6. Part I: Text
7. 1. The Continental runic inscriptions 3
8. 2. Phonology and runic orthography 11
9. 3. The diphthongs 57
10. 4. The back vocalics 105
11. 5. The front vocalics 167
12. 6. The low vowels 221
13. 7. The consonants 243
14. 8. The phonological system(s) of “Continental Runic” 347
15. Part II: Catalogue
16. Notes on catalogue entries 361
17. Catalogue entries 365
18. Appendix 1: Handlist of Continental runic inscriptions excluded from the corpus 490
19. Appendix 2: Suspect inscriptions. Possible forgeries and the assessment of authenticity 493
20. Appendix 3: The “Berlin” scabbard mouthpiece 498
21. Maps 503
22. Bibliography 509
23. Index of inscriptions 531