Two Recent Runic Finds from Orkney

This article provides accounts of OR 22 Quoys and OR 23 Naversdale, two runic inscriptions recently found in Orkney. There is discussion of the find circum­stances, followed by a description of the object bearing the runes (the former a folded lead plaque, the latter an irregular stone fragment), a trans­runi­fication, transliteration, and commentary on the reading. Thereafter comes an inter­pretation of the text. In the case of OR 23 this is straightforward enough since the text consists of a sequence from the Pater Noster, the first instance of a Latin-language runic inscription from Orkney. OR 22 provides more of a chal­lenge, and various suggestions are offered