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Source for the runestone locations: Rundata 2.5. Where the current and original position of a stone is different the original position has been chosen. Clicking on the map marker brings you to the corresponding runestone in the Varangian Runestones article.
A runestone is typically a raised stone with a runic inscription, but the term can also be applied to inscriptions on boulders and on bedrock. The tradition of erecting runestones as a memorial to dead men began in the 4th century and lasted into the 12th century, but the majority of the extant runestones date from the late Viking Age.
The runestones are unevenly distributed in Scandinavia: The majority are found in Sweden, estimated at between 1,700 [2] and 2,500 (depending on definition). Denmark has 250 runestones, and Norway has 50. [2] There are also runestones in other areas reached by the Viking expansion, especially in the British Isles. [3]
The Einang stone (Einangsteinen, N KJ63) is a runestone located east of the Einang Sound near Fagernes, in Oppland, Norway, notable for the age of its runic inscription. The Einang runestone is located within the extensive Gardberg site. It is placed on a grave mound on a ridge overlooking the Valdres valley. There are several other grave ...
Of these, four other runestones use exactly the same phrase, miok goðan þegn, Vg 108 in Tängs gamla, Vg 137 Sörby, Vg 150 in Velanda, and DR 99 in Bjerregrav. The name of the father combines the Old Norse words vé and urðr for a name that means "guardian of the holy place [ 1 ] or sanctuary."
Estrid is probably the same person as the Estrid who is mentioned on a number of the Jarlabanke Runestones in Täby and other locations (Broby bro Runestones, Hargs bro runic inscriptions and Uppland Rune Inscriptions 101, 143 and 147). This Estrid was the maternal ancestor of a great clan called the Jarlabanke clan, and she was the maternal ...
The origin of the Rundata project was a 1986 database of Swedish inscriptions at Uppsala University for use in the Scandinavian Languages Department. [2] At a seminar in 1990 it was proposed to expand the database to cover all Nordic runic inscriptions, but funding for the project was not available until a grant was received in 1992 from the Axel och Margaret Ax:son Johnsons foundation. [2]
Runestone U 871 with several runic animals pictured on the same rock (runic dragons in red, runic serpent in white), which are bound together. Runic animals ( Swedish : rundjur ) are the decorative animal figures on runic inscriptions , especially on runestones , which belong to Germanic animal ornamentation [ sv ] and the like.