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Detail of the statue of Leif Ericson, overlooking Qassiarsuk in Southern Greenland by Mads Pihl - Visit Greenland

An account in The Guardian (27 December 2008) discusses how a modern collector had taken a sword thought to be made by the famous smith Ulfberht to…

Götterdämmerung ('Twilight of the Gods' - a mistranslation of Ragnarök) is the final Opera of Wagner's 'Ring Cycle' based on the Old Norse myth cycle.…

Dr Maja Bäckvall's blog on Norse imagery and language in modern culture. The blog features many uses of runes in video games, among other topics.

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

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

The inscription occurs on a grave-slab fragment.

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-... +:…

Runestone in Sandby churchyard

× kuþfastr × auk × helgun × auk × neniR × þaun myþkini × litu × reisa × stein × eftiR × suein × faþur

Guðfastr ok…

Runestone in Sandby churchyard.

× þeiR bryþr × reistu × kubl × þia × eftiR × sustur ×× sina × afriþi × auk × eftR × suein × faþur × sin × koþan…

Runestone in Gårdby churchyard.

§P harþruþr + raisti + stain + þinsa + aiftiR + sun + sin + s(m)iþ + trak + kuþan + halfburin + bruþiR ans + sitr +…

A runestone at Bjärby.

× sua(i)(n) kiarþi × iftiR × sin × faþur × uikar × sun × ainiki × sialfR × raisti × stain ×

Svæinn gærði æftiR sinn faður, Vikar, sunn æinigi…

· kuþbratr auk suain raistu staina þina aftiR bruþr sina kuþa asualt auk h...f...

Guðbrandr ok Svæinn ræistu stæina þenna æftiR brøðr sina goða…

þuriR : auk : þurstain auk : þurfastr · þaiR : bryþr : raistu : stain : at : kunfus : faþur : sin : kuþ : hialbi siul : hans

ÞoriR ok Þorstæinn ok…

Fragment of a runestone found in the churchyard wall in 2004.

× suein ...
Svæinn ...
Sveinn ...

Runic inscription on a baptismal font in Hossmo church.

iak : biþ : þik : b...-- : at : þu : biþ : na^fnleka : fyrer : þæn : man : s^um : m...k :…

Runic inscription on a baptismal font in Hossmo church.

iak : biþ : þik : b...-- : at : þu : biþ : na^fnleka : fyrer : þæn : man : s^um : m...k :…

Runic inscription on a baptismal font in Hossmo church.

iak : biþ : þik : b...-- : at : þu : biþ : na^fnleka : fyrer : þæn : man : s^um : m...k :…

Runic inscription on a baptismal font in Hossmo church.

iak : biþ : þik : b...-- : at : þu : biþ : na^fnleka : fyrer : þæn : man : s^um : m...k :…

... : þena : yfi... ... salu : k-...
... þenna yfi[R] ... salu ...
... þenna yfi[r] ... sálu ...

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