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The longest known inscription in the Elder Futhark, and one of the youngest, consists of some 200 characters and is found on the early 8th-century Eggjum stone, and may even contain a stanza of Old Norse poetry. The transition to Younger Futhark begins from the 6th century, with transitional examples like the Björketorp or Stentoften stones.
Jarlabanke Runestones – a collection of 20 runestones written in Old Norse related to Jarlabanke Ingefastsson and his clan. Frösöstenen; The Ramsund carving; Sparlösa Runestone; Rökstenen – the longest runic inscription in the world, located in the province of Östergötland in Sweden
In fact, one of the Old Norse words for "writing in runes" was fá and it originally meant "to paint" in Proto-Norse (faihian). [61] Moreover, in Hávamál, Odin says: "So do I write / and colour the runes" [60] [62] and in Guðrúnarkviða II, Gudrun says "In the cup were runes of every kind / Written and reddened, I could not read them". [63 ...
The name Myskia appears in a second runic inscription, Sö 13 from Gatstugan, and it may refer to the same person. [23] The inscription echos the m-runes from the sponsors' names in the shape of the tongues of the two serpents. [25] The last part of the cross-less inscription is both unusual and partly problematic. [23]
A Swedish immigrant, [3] Olof Ohman, said that he found the stone late in 1898 while clearing land which he had recently acquired of trees and stumps before plowing. [4] The stone was said to be near the crest of a small knoll rising above the wetlands, lying face down and tangled in the root system of a stunted poplar tree estimated to be from less than 10 to about 40 years old. [5]
Based upon comparative stylistic analysis, the inscription is dated as being carved from about 970 to 1020 CE, [1] with the earlier date based upon the inscription being made after the erection of the Jelling Stones. The runic text states that the stone is a memorial raised by a man named Kári in memory of a man named either Alfvin or Ôlfun.
Västergötland Runic Inscription 55 or Vg 55 is the Rundata designation for an inscription consisting of runic text in the younger futhark inscribed on two serpents that frame a cross. The inscription, which is on a sandstone stone that is 4.4 meters in height, is classified as being carved in Runestone style Pr2, which is also known as ...
It contains the longest extant pre-Christian runic inscription – around 760 characters [3] – and it is a virtuoso display of the carver's mastery of runic expression. The inscription is partially encrypted in two ways; by displacement and by using special cipher runes. The inscription is intentionally challenging to read, using kennings in ...