ᚹᚨᛚᚺᚨᚲᚢᚱᚾᛖ

From *ᚹᚨᛚᚺᚨᛉ (*walhaʀ, “Gaul, Roman; southern foreigner”) +‎ *ᚲᛟᚱᚾᚨ (*korna, “grain”).

ᚹᚨᛚᚺᚨᚲᚢᚱᚾᛖ (walhakurne /walhakurnē/) (dative singular)

1. (kenning) gold (literally “Roman grain”)
   • 450-500, Tjurkö 1 bracteate

     ᚹᚢᚱᛏᛖᚱᚢᚾᛟᛉᚨᚾᚹᚨᛚᚺᚨᚲᚢᚱᚾᛖ··ᚺᛖᛚᛞᚨᛉᚲᚢᚾᛁᛗᚢᛞᛁᚢ···
     wurterunozanwalhakurne··heldazkunimudiu···

     wurtē runōz an walhakurnē, Heldaz Kunimundiu

     Heldaz wrought the runes on the Roman grain for Kunimunduz.

• This word is a kenning, a poetic circumlocution commonly employed in Germanic poetry. The "Roman grain" refers to the gold, the material of which the bracteate bearing the inscription was made. Specifically, it may refer to the Germanic melting of Roman solidi and aurei coins.