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

ÞoriR ok Þorstæinn ok…

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

Guðbrandr ok Svæinn ræistu stæina þenna æftiR brøðr sina goða…

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

Svæinn gærði æftiR sinn faður, Vikar, sunn æinigi…

A runestone at Bjärby.

Runestone in Gårdby churchyard.

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

Runestone in Sandby churchyard.

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

Runestone in Sandby churchyard

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

Guðfastr ok…

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-... +:…

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

The inscription occurs on a grave-slab fragment.

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

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.

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.…

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…

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

Photograph of the statue of the Norse explorer and settler Leif Ericson on the ridge above Qassiarsuk in South Greenland by Mads Pihl - Visit…

An image of the interior of the reconstructed church (or chapel) known as Tjodhilde's Church in Qassiarsuk, Southern Greenland by Mads Pihl - Visit…

Photograph of a reconstructed rune stone by Mads Pihl - Visit Greenland

Tjodhild came to Greenland with her husband Erik the Red, founder of the first settlement in Greenland at Brattahlíð. The small church (or…

The tapestries in the Christiansborg Palace depict 1100 years of Danish history from the Viking Age through to the year 2000. These images are of the…

A replica of a Viking ship in Unst, Shetland

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