What do those runes mean?

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What do those runes mean?

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I've noticed runes on two of the viking shields.
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There are also runes on this sticker set:
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Has anyone deciphered them? I've looked at the various runic alphabets on wikipedia and I just can't match all the letters. The letters that I can match don't make much sense (at least in English).

I could figure out that the runes on this tile spell LEGO:
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PS: I could not figure out which forum to post this question in. Forgive me if I've made a mistake. I'm only a lowly gong farmer. :?
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Thanks DNL. I forgot to search the forums for a previous discussion. Duh! Back to farming gongs. :)
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Cool DNL. I remember translating some of the hieroglyphs on a LEGO brick a long time ago. It translated to "LEGO."
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The runes on the wiking shields mean :

N, D, Bacwards F, Backwards K ?, K, 2 Backwards K, K N, D ?, ?, I, ? Backwards K, Backwards F, ?, K

but the runes on the small dark gray tile mean LEGO :D


the other photo isn't clear enaugh to read so sorry

Hope this helps you :)
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I'll look into it but from close vew i'd say they looked like runes from Tokiens books i.e lord of the rings, the hobbit etc. :)
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I tried translating the shields, and like CLM said in the other thread, it seems like gibberish, though it may be Anglo-saxon runes. I'll try that.
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I have had no luck translating the shields it just comes out something like 'ndkkoig' I can not make sense of that but the bottom one definetley says lego.
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