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Photo of Side B of the younger of the two Jelling rune stones (DR 42), raised by Harald Bluetooth (who died in 985 or 986) in memory of his father and mother, and his own legacy.

The English translation of the whole inscription on the Samnordisk…

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Photo of Side C of the younger of the two Jelling rune stones (DR 42), raised by Harald Bluetooth (who died in 985 or 986) in memory of his father and mother, and his own legacy.

The English translation of the whole inscription on the Samnordisk…

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Thirteenth century runic stone from Sandavágur Church in the Faroes. The inscription reads 'Þorkell Ônundar sonr, austmaðr af Rogalandi, bygði þenna stað fyrst.' Þorkell Ônundr's son, man of the east from Rogaland, lived in this place first…

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Detail of a runestone by the women's toilets in Arlanda Airport. "Brother."

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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,…

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The memorial runestone (Danish Runic Inscription 66 (DR 66)) from Århus, ornamented with facial mask in the Mammen style.

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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…

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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…

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Inscription (Samnordisk runtextdatabas):
...- × r--sa × kuml × iftiR × bofa × ...
... r[ei]sa kuml eptir Bófa ...
... r[æi]sa kuml æftiR Bofa ...

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Inscription (Samnordisk runtextdatabas):
...-ri * li... ...
... lé[t] ...
... le[t] ...

The inscription occurs on a grave-slab fragment.
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