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Runestone Detail
Detail of a runestone on or near the campus of Uppsala Universitet.
Anundshög Runestone and Burial Mound
Anundshög Runestone and Burial Mound
Runestone
Runestone by the women's toilets in Arlanda Airport
Detail of Runestone
Detail of a runestone by the women's toilets in Arlanda Airport. "Brother."
Handout: Runacy and Literacy
Handout for a seminar on the use of runes and literacy in Old Norse culture
Powerpoint: The Younger Futhark
An introduction to the younger futhark, the pre-Viking rune row.
Exercises: Medieval Inscriptions
A series of exercises related to studying medieval runic inscriptions.
Powerpoint: Medieval Rune Row
A Powerpoint slideshow introducing the medieval rune rows
Souvenir Runic Mugs from Orkney
Runic mugs with the inscription 'Orkney'. Seen in a tourist shop in Kirkwall.
Tags: Branding, Commercial, Cups, Futhark, Heritage, Legacy, Modern, Modern Runes, Orkney, Reception, Runes / Runer, Runic, Scotland, Souvenirs, Tourism
Article 'Runer i Hagia Sofia i Istanbul' by James E. Knirk
Discussion of the runes in the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul from Nytt om runer 14 (1999), 26-27
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.
Explanation of the Bluetooth logo at Kongernes Jelling
The logo for Bluetooth short-range wireless technology is a bind rune made up of the initials of Harald Bluetooth's name using the runes of the younger futhark: ᚼ (H) (Hagall) and ᛒ (B) (Bjarkan), as explained in the exhibition at Kongernes…
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)
Tags: Anundshög, Badelunda, Bronsålder, Burial Mound, Commemoration, Eriksgata, Folkvandringstid, Folkvid, Gravhög, Hednisk, Paganism, Pre-Christian, Rune stones, Runeinnskrifter, Runeinskrifter, Runes / Runer, Runestein, Runesten, Runestones, Runic, Runic inscriptions, Runinskrifter, Runsten, Ship settings, skeppssättning, Svensk, Sweden, Tingsplats, Västerås, Västmanland, Writing
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…