The Vimose comb

Five signs on an everyday object.

The comb carries the clear reading harja. Its meaning needs more care than its letters: a name is one possibility. Practice matching the signs before assigning a translation.

The Vimose comb

Roberto Fortuna and Kira Ursem, Nationalmuseet. CC BY-SA 4.0. Image unchanged. Original photo. License.

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harja

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