Egå stone

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The Egå runestone.

The Egå stone ( Danish : Egå-stenen ) according to the Rundata list, also known as Danish Runic Inscription 107 or DR 107 , is a rune stone and monument from the Viking Age that was found in Egå , a suburb of Aarhus today , which is in the Midtjylland region and is part of the Aarhus Municipality in Denmark .

description

The rune stone was found in 1814 in what was then the Danish village of Egå , which is now a suburb of Aarhus. The stone was built into a stone wall at the old Egå Bridge (Egå bro), which stood on Brobjerg Hill ( Brobjergbakke ) and came to light when it was demolished. However, the upper part of the rune stone was missing, it was not in this Egå wall. In earlier times the historical importance of rune stones was not recognized and they were often used as building material for bridges, walls and buildings. After it was uncovered, the find was used near the renewed bridge, then for some time as a seat or bench. Furthermore, the rune stone could also be associated with some local burial mounds. When another stone wall was moved in Egå in 1834, the missing head piece of the stone was finally found and the rune stone was then reassembled and restored. The completed rune stone reaches a height of 108 cm, has a width of 80 cm and is 35 cm deep. The stone is made of granite and was probably created between 970 and 1020. The inscription on the rune stone DR 107 consists of three runic text ribbons, which are carved into the stone with letters according to the runic alphabet Futhark . The text bands are connected in the form of an arch with the third band in the middle. The inscription was classified according to the rune stone writing system RAK , where the rune writing has straight ends, without a subsequent snake or other animal heads, or symbolism. The runestone was brought to Copenhagen and is now in the Danish National Museum .

The runic text states that the stone was erected as a memorial by Alfkell and his sons in memory of his deceased relative Manne. The word hirđiR or landhirđiR has nothing to do with the word " shepherd " to do with the keeper of a flock, but rather means governor or guardian or guardian of the land. Therefore the Old Norse word landhirþi R or landhirdhi is interpreted as "guardian of the land", but is often translated as sovereign or administrator. Another inscription that uses this term is the rune stone 1 DR 134 by Ravnkilde . Ketill the Norwegian is named here as the owner of the land . Here the word "Norrøna" is used for Normans , which was also used in Denmark at that time to denote a Norwegian. A small cross has been carved at the tip of the stone within the runic ribbons, separating the words suni R and risþu .

The rune stone is known locally as Egå-sten (Egå stone) and was sold under DK no. MJy 67 cataloged in Denmark.

inscription

Transliteration of the runes into Latin letters

alfkil ÷ uk ÷ hns ÷ suni R ÷ risþu: stin: þansi: ift: ¶ * mana: sin: frinta: þans × uas * lantirþi ÷ kitils ÷ þis ÷ ¶ nuruna ÷

Transcription into Old Norse

Alfkel ok hans syni R resþu sten þænsi æft Manna, sin frænda, þans was landhirþi R Kætils þæs norrøna.

Translations

language Translation of the runic inscriptions
Danish Alfkil and hans sønner rejste the most efter men, whose frænde, who var landbestyrer for Ketil den norske.
German Alfkell and his sons placed this stone in memory of Manne, their relative, Ketill was the governor of Norway.
English Alfkell and his sons raised this stone in memory of Manni, their kinsman, who was Ketill the Norwegian's estate-steward

literature

  • Lis Jacobsen, Erik Moltke : Danmarks Runeindskrifter . Text, sp. 679-680. Copenhagen. 1942
  • Raymond Ian Page: Chronicles of the Vikings: Records, Memorials and Myths . University of Toronto Press 1995, ISBN 0-8020-0803-8
  • Stefan Brink: Franks, Northmen, and Slavs : Identities and State Formation in Early Medieval Europe. Brepols 2008, ISBN 978-2-503-52615-7

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d George Stephens : The Runic Hall in the Danish Old-Northern Museum . Michelsen and Tillege, 1868, pp. 9-10.
  2. ^ Raymond Ian Page : Chronicles of the Vikings: Records, Memorials and Myths . University of Toronto Press, 1995, ISBN 0-8020-0803-8 , p. 169.
  3. ^ Stefan Brink: People and Land in Early Scandinavia . In: Patrick J. Geary (Ed.): Franks, Northmen and Slavs: Identities and State Formation in Early Medieval Europe . Brepols, 2008, ISBN 978-2-503-52615-7 , p. 99.
  4. ↑ Egå-stenen . In: Danske Runeindskrifter . Danish National Museum . Retrieved February 9, 2011.
  5. ↑ a b c Project Samnordisk Runtextdatabas Svensk - Rundata - Entry for DR 107.