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Originally Posted by Thore Hund
And strictly, the term "rune" is bound to a certain mythology, and even if scripts based on the same physical principes would look very runelike, it would not be runes if they did not spring out of that concise tradition. Alike yes, but not exactly runes...
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I agree, too.
I will not consider them as true runes untill a runes specialist identifies the runic simbols they are suposed to represent and till none achieves at least a partial translation (and that indeed establishes that it is written in a norse or icelandic tongue).
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Originally Posted by Thore Hund
But history shows that reality is more fantastic than any fantasy. I also can imagine that the original name at Hawaii could have been Havøy, Norwegian meaning; - hav= sea, and - øy= island. 
The northwestern passage has been open many times, the ice comes and goes, so it may be that some has come through and out into the Pacific Ocean...  |
Well, many would take your explanation above for a granted fact, without searching for further proofs