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The earliest datable runic inscription, ᚺᚨᚱᛃᚨ(harja) on the Vimose comb from 160, is considered by Wolfgang Krause[1] and Elmer Antonsen[2] to be a name, an early form of this name or an abbreviation of a compound name with this as the first element.Heri Joensen, vocalist of the Faroese folk metal band Týr.
Etymology
From Old Norse. The earliest attestation of this form of the name is in the Flateyjarbók (from around 1380).
^ 1968, Wolfgang Krause, Die Runeninschriften im älteren Futhark, revised edition (Göttingen)
^ Elmer H., Antonsen (2002) Runes and Germanic Linguistics (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs), volume 140, Berlin, New York: Mouton De Gruyter, →ISBN
