This reading was followed by early scholars, notably Taylor, who translates "dedicated to the temple of the Goths", and Diculescu (1923), who translates "sacred (hailag) to the Jove (iowī, i.e. Thor) of the Goths".Taylor (1879:8); Diculescu (1923), referenced in Runenprojekt Kiel. Düwel (2001), commenting upon the same reading, suggests interpreting ᛟ as indicative of ō[þal] thus:
