Dating from the early 11th century, the stone is an unsigned work of Åsmund Kåresson (U 875). It’s unusual in that it has a couple of Bronze Age cupmarks too. The inscription reads, “Tyrvi and Ingegärd and Tjälve had this stone erected after Kalv, Tyrvi’s husband. May God and God’s mother help his spirit.”
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The Karlevi rune stone, Vickleby parish, Öland
The stone was erected for the chieftain Sibbe, Foldar’s son, on the stone he is called dólga Þrúdar draugur; the last word draugur is a well known kenning for ‘warrior, doer, performer of battles’, dólg means ‘hostility, strife, battle’ and Þrúdar is the name of one of Thor’s daughters, a goddess in norse mythology.
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Runes are the characters of the alphabet used by the Vikings and other Germanic peoples from about the second to the 15th centuries A.D. Some runes vaguely resemble letters in our own alphabet; others look more like symbols. All had meaning to the Vikings, who carved them into their so-called rune stones—large monuments that honor the memory, and the names, of Norsemen past. In this interactive, see your own name spelled out in runes, and learn the meaning of each of the 24 runic characters.
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Rune stone, Stenkvista, Södermanland, Sweden
Rune stone (Sö 111) in Stenkvista, with a Thor’s Hammer. The inscription says: “Helge and Fröger and Torgöt raised rune-decorated landmarks in memory of Tjudmund, their father”.
County (län): Södermanland
Photograph by: Erik Brate
Date: 1916
Rune stone in Frössle, Östergötland, Sweden
Smed raised the stone in memory of Anund, his son.
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