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Runestone found in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland The Eigg Runestone Photo: Camille Dressler Late last year, a runic boulder was found by a resident on the island of Eigg, part of the Inner Hebrides Eigg has an ancient history, showing settlement by both Gaelic and Norse people It was a Viking habitation and a base for their trade with Ireland a thousand years ago
Kensington and the Greenland saga | The Rune Blog This entry was posted in Runic America and tagged James Knirk, Kensington, Leif Erikson, modern runes, The Greenland saga, The Kensington runestone, Thorgunn Snædal, Vinland Bookmark the permalink
The Runestone on Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts The Runestone on Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts is one of the least known and certainly least discussed of all potential runestones in North America, yet its story is one of the most entertaining of all The documentary evidence for the runic inscription is slim in the extreme, in fact we only have a fourth-hand version of the putative text
“Rök Runestone Revisited” gets grant | The Rune Blog The overall purpose of the project is to critically examine the consequences of the traditional and now untenable interpretation of the Rök runestone inscription Per Holmberg has received a grant from the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) for a project entitled “Rök Runestone Revisited” Holmberg is professor in Swedish at the University of Gothenburg To a runological
“Bite me” runestones - The Rune Blog Here, I would only like to pay attention to a detail of the ship prow’s animal head: its “rat-like” teeth This may not have any particular significance, but I notice that an even more impressive set of needle-like teeth is found on the Grällsta runestone (Vs 27) in the province of Västmanland
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About The Rune Cast | The Rune Cast - runforum. nordiska. uu. se About The Rune Cast Maja and the Sparlösa runestone Photo: Maja Bäckvall From writing your name on a spear, to commemorating your parents with a runestone, to passing secret notes in church, runes were a central writing system in Northern Europe for centuries
Episode 3: The younger futhark and Viking Age runestones In this episode, I’m all on my own, talking a bit about the younger futhark and the runestones of 11th century Sweden I also act as a runic tourist guide, telling the listeners to visit Jelling if they have the chance and introducing the new slogan Come to Uppland: Rune Country Inscriptions mentioned in this episode: The Jelling stones and the monuments of Jelling: U 1011 Örby, now in the
A prodigal runestone has returned! - The Rune Blog The runestone U 874 was noticed and depicted several times in the 17th century and again as late as in the 19th At the time, it was used as threshold for the door into the church porch But the church was partly torn down in the late 1830s and the runestone has not been spotted since
Cryptic runes - The Rune Blog Jonas and the Släbro runestone (Sö 367) in Nyköping, Sweden Photo: Marco Bianchi (CC BY) Earlier this month, on November 9th, Jonas Nordby successfully defended his doctoral dissertation in Oslo: Cryptic runes: Cryptography in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age and the Scandinavian Middle Ages