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Audio Clips from Jesse Byock's Viking Language Series (Hyperlink)
Sample audio clips on the website for the Viking Language Series by Jesse Byock. Includes a reading of the inscription on King Gorm's Rune stone in Jelling, and a reading from the Saga of the Greenlanders.
Rune-stone U 489
Late Viking Age granite rune-stone, originally from Morby in Uppland, Sweden, now in Universitetsparken, Uppsala. Signed by the renowned rune-carver Øpir, it was commissioned by a woman, probably called Gullaug, in memory of her daughter Gillaug,…
Runer i utstillingene
An online exhibit about runes at Bergen Museum
Runestone DR66 in the Moesgård Museum
The memorial runestone (Danish Runic Inscription 66 (DR 66)) from Århus, ornamented with facial mask in the Mammen style.
Anundshög, Västerås (Slide-Show)
Anundshög, Västerås. Sveriges största gravhög.
(A slide-show with pictures of Anundshög burial mound, ship settings and surrounding area. Captions in Swedish)
(A slide-show with pictures of Anundshög burial mound, ship settings and surrounding area. Captions in Swedish)
Digitala Sveriges Runinskrifter
Digital copies of the series "Sveriges runinskrifter", the standard corpus work for Swedish runic inscriptions.
Nordiskt runnamnslexikon by Lena Peterson
Institutet för språk og folkminnen has Lena Peterson's Nordiskt Runnamnslexikon available for pdf download or to buy as a physical book. The book is a dictionary of personal names found in runic inscriptions.
Cross fragment MM 123 from Kirk Michael
Michael 123 is a stone cross fragment in Kirk Michael on the Isle of Man. It depicts a woman in a trailing dress with a staff in her hand on the upper part. The lower part depicts a tethered, saddled horse. The side of the cross includes a runic…
The Kensington Runestone
The Kensington runestone is one of several runestones found in the American Midwest. Olof Ohman claimed to have discovered it in 1898 near Kensington, Minnesota. The stone describes an expedition by Swedes and Norwegians to the area in the fourteenth…
A modern version of a Norse rune stone from Qassiarsuk in South Greenland
Photograph of a reconstructed rune stone by Mads Pihl - Visit Greenland
Runestone, Sm 163
Inscription (Samnordisk runtextdatabas):
...- × r--sa × kuml × iftiR × bofa × ...
... r[ei]sa kuml eptir Bófa ...
... r[æi]sa kuml æftiR Bofa ...
...- × r--sa × kuml × iftiR × bofa × ...
... r[ei]sa kuml eptir Bófa ...
... r[æi]sa kuml æftiR Bofa ...
Runestone, Sm 167
Inscription (Samnordisk runtextdatabas):
...-ri * li... ...
... lé[t] ...
... le[t] ...
The inscription occurs on a grave-slab fragment.
...-ri * li... ...
... lé[t] ...
... le[t] ...
The inscription occurs on a grave-slab fragment.
Runestone: Öl 1 (Karlevi stone)
This stone reads:
§A + s-a... --(s)- i(a)s · satr · aiftir · si(b)(a) · kuþa · sun · fultars · in hons ·· liþi · sati · at · u · -ausa-þ-... +: fulkin : likr : hins : fulkþu : flaistr (:)· uisi · þat · maistar · taiþir :…
§A + s-a... --(s)- i(a)s · satr · aiftir · si(b)(a) · kuþa · sun · fultars · in hons ·· liþi · sati · at · u · -ausa-þ-... +: fulkin : likr : hins : fulkþu : flaistr (:)· uisi · þat · maistar · taiþir :…
Runestone: Öl 26
Runestone in Sandby churchyard
× kuþfastr × auk × helgun × auk × neniR × þaun myþkini × litu × reisa × stein × eftiR × suein × faþur
Guðfastr ok Hælgunnr ok NænniR, þaun møðgini letu ræisa stæin æftiR Svæin…
× kuþfastr × auk × helgun × auk × neniR × þaun myþkini × litu × reisa × stein × eftiR × suein × faþur
Guðfastr ok Hælgunnr ok NænniR, þaun møðgini letu ræisa stæin æftiR Svæin…
Runestone: Öl 27
Runestone in Sandby churchyard.
× þeiR bryþr × reistu × kubl × þia × eftiR × sustur ×× sina × afriþi × auk × eftR × suein × faþur × sin × koþan ×
ÞæiR brøðr ræistu kumbl þessa æftiR systur sina, Afriði, ok æftiR…
× þeiR bryþr × reistu × kubl × þia × eftiR × sustur ×× sina × afriþi × auk × eftR × suein × faþur × sin × koþan ×
ÞæiR brøðr ræistu kumbl þessa æftiR systur sina, Afriði, ok æftiR…
Runestone: Öl 28
Runestone in Gårdby churchyard.
§P harþruþr + raisti + stain + þinsa + aiftiR + sun + sin + s(m)iþ + trak + kuþan + halfburin + bruþiR ans + sitr + kar¶þum ¶ brantr + rit - × iak þu raþa + khn
§Q harþruþr + raisti + stain +…
§P harþruþr + raisti + stain + þinsa + aiftiR + sun + sin + s(m)iþ + trak + kuþan + halfburin + bruþiR ans + sitr + kar¶þum ¶ brantr + rit - × iak þu raþa + khn
§Q harþruþr + raisti + stain +…
Runestone: Öl 36
A runestone at Bjärby.
Runestone: Öl 39
× sua(i)(n) kiarþi × iftiR × sin × faþur × uikar × sun × ainiki × sialfR × raisti × stain ×
Svæinn gærði æftiR sinn faður, Vikar, sunn æinigi sialfR ræisti stæin.
Sveinn gerði eptir sinn fôður, Víkar, sonr einigi sjalfr…
Svæinn gærði æftiR sinn faður, Vikar, sunn æinigi sialfR ræisti stæin.
Sveinn gerði eptir sinn fôður, Víkar, sonr einigi sjalfr…
Runestone: Öl 40
· kuþbratr auk suain raistu staina þina aftiR bruþr sina kuþa asualt auk h...f...
Guðbrandr ok Svæinn ræistu stæina þenna æftiR brøðr sina goða Asvald ok ...
Guðbrandr ok Sveinn reistu steina þessa eptir brœðr sína góða…
Guðbrandr ok Svæinn ræistu stæina þenna æftiR brøðr sina goða Asvald ok ...
Guðbrandr ok Sveinn reistu steina þessa eptir brœðr sína góða…
Runestone: Öl 46
þuriR : auk : þurstain auk : þurfastr · þaiR : bryþr : raistu : stain : at : kunfus : faþur : sin : kuþ : hialbi siul : hans
ÞoriR ok Þorstæinn ok Þorfastr, þæiR brøðr ræistu stæin at Gunnfus, faður sinn. Guð hialpi sial…
ÞoriR ok Þorstæinn ok Þorfastr, þæiR brøðr ræistu stæin at Gunnfus, faður sinn. Guð hialpi sial…