Memorial to Arthur Laurenson with Quote from Hávamál in Runes
Title
Memorial to Arthur Laurenson with Quote from Hávamál in Runes
Subject
Memorial - Modern
Description
Memorial in Lerwick Town Hall to Alfred Laurenson, a local dignitary, patron and scholar of Scandinavian literature, who died in 1890.
The memorial includes representations of Viking ships, a raven, and a rather confused runic inscription which quotes Hávamál st 76:
Deyr fé,
deyja frændr,
deyr sjalfr it sama,
en orðstírr
deyr aldregi,
hveim er sér góðan getr.
The translation given on the information board is:
Cattle die, Kinsmen die, and so shall you die too. But one thing I know that never dies: the fame of a dead man's deeds.'
The memorial includes representations of Viking ships, a raven, and a rather confused runic inscription which quotes Hávamál st 76:
Deyr fé,
deyja frændr,
deyr sjalfr it sama,
en orðstírr
deyr aldregi,
hveim er sér góðan getr.
The translation given on the information board is:
Cattle die, Kinsmen die, and so shall you die too. But one thing I know that never dies: the fame of a dead man's deeds.'
Creator
Unknown
Source
Lerwick Town Hall
Publisher
The World-Tree Project
Date
2016
Contributor
Tom Birkett
Rights
Image CC NC BY
Format
jpg
Language
English
Old Norse
Type
Still Image
Identifier
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/734
Coverage
Scotland
Shetland
Modern
Files
Geolocation
Social Bookmarking
Item Relations
| This Item | dcterms:relation | Item: The Thoms Window in Lerwick Town Hall, Shetland |
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