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The Svingerud Runestone (or Hole Runestone) is a sandstone object featuring Elder Futhark inscriptions found in a grave in Hole (west of Oslo), Norway.Radiocarbon dating indicates that the grave and the runestone date to between 1 and 250 CE, during the Roman Iron Age, making it the oldest datable runestone known in the world, and potentially the oldest known runic inscription. [1]
The tent runes are based on strokes added to the four arms of an X shape: Each X represents two runes and is read clockwise, starting with the top left arm. The strokes on the first arm representing the ætt (row of eight runes: (1) fuþarkgw, (2) hnijæpzs, (3) tbemlŋod), the strokes on the second arm denote the order within that ætt .
It is presently located in the porch of the church. [1] It is probably from the period 970-1020 due to runic and linguistic features. [1] It is 180 cm tall, 132 cm wide and 35 cm thick. [1] Parts of the runic inscription have eroded which makes some runes hard to read. [1] The style of the runestone is the runestone style RAK. [2]
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The period that Anne-Sofie Gräslund proposed [2] for the RAK style was 990-1010 AD. The runic text indicates that the inscription is a memorial to a father from his two sons which also boasts of the skills of the sons in rune-making, [1] claiming that the brothers were the most skilled in runes in Miðgarði or "Middle Earth".
The inscription is classified as being carved in runestone style Pr4, [1] which is also known as the Urnes style. This runestone style is characterized by slim and stylized lindworms that are interwoven into tight patterns. The animal heads are typically seen in profile with slender, almond-shaped eyes and upwardly curled appendages on the ...
The Möjbro Runestone is a runestone that is designated as U 877 in the Rundata catalog and is inscribed in Proto-Norse using the Elder Futhark. It was found in Möjbro, which is about 8 kilometers north of Örsundsbro in Uppsala County , Sweden , which is in the historic province of Uppland .
U 379 is one of four runestones that mention guilds in Viking Age Sweden, the others being U 391 in Prästgatan, Ög 64 in Bjälbo, and Ög MÖLM1960;230 in Törnevalla. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] These stones and others which discuss félags are evidence of the trading activities during this period of Scandinavian history, [ 1 ] and U 379 evidence of Sigtuna ...