Their very arrival was instantly mythologized. The Vikings, in dramatic fashion, had introduced themselves to the world. The medieval Anglo-Saxon Chronicle relates that “the harrying of the heathen miserably destroyed God’s church in Lindisfarne by rapine and slaughter.” Shortly after the raid, the Northumbrian scholar known as Alcuin wrote, “Never before in Britain has such a terror appeared as this we have now suffered at the hands of the heathen.” The invaders “desecrated the sanctuaries of God and poured out the blood of saints around the altar, laid waste the house of our hope, trampled on the bodies of saints in the temple of God.” As such, the runes, in the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc, read 'Shord of Chin'gs', not even 'Sword/Shord of Kings' as previously said.On June 8, 793, Viking raiders pillaged the monastery on Lindisfarne, a small island off the northeast coast of England. The "ng" sound has its own rune, Ing - this isn't used, they use the rune Nyd followed by the rune Gyfu, which would be an "N" sound followed by a "G" sound rather than an "Ng" sound.
I'd like to add, though: The Cen rune at the start of "Kings" is pronounced as a Ch if it precedes an I. Also noted is that it actually reads "Shord", not "Sword". As has been noted, it is written in modern English which is peculiar - it would have been better if it were in Old English if intended to have been taken from the Saxons, or in Old Norse using the Younger Futhark if intended to have been made by the Norsemen. Anyway, I was to say: The runes on the sword are actually from the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc, not the Norse Younger Futhark (the Os rune and Cen rune are present on the sword and are not present in the Younger Futhark). New to reddit, took me a year to work out this was the space for commenting, haha wow.
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