Olsbrosten

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Olsbrosten

The Olsbrosten ( Olsbrostein or Alvaredsten , Vg 181) is a rune stone in Frugården, west of Åsarp , about 21 km south of Falköping on Reichsstrasse 46 in the Swedish province of Västra Götalands län . It was possibly carved around 970 and is dedicated to a man who died in " Eistland " ( Baltic States ). The stone is counted among the Baltic Sea rune stones and has an unusual ornamentation that depicts the large animal under a cross .

description

The stone is about 2.1 m high and 1.6 m wide. Its original ornamentation with the depiction of the "Big Beast" under a cross is unusual for Vestergötland and makes it one of the most remarkable rune stones in the province. The stone may have been carved by a rune master Håvard around 970 . Similar runic inscriptions have been found in Denmark. The carver may have been the same as one of the Jelling rune stones .

inscription

The Olsbrosten is the only stone in Sweden that mentions Eistland , the Nordic term for a Baltic region.

The inscription reads:

"Kufi: rsþi: stin: þesi: eftR: ulaf: sun: sin * trk * hrþa * kuþan * hn * uarþ * trbin * i * estlatum * hu (a) rþ (r) * iuk * s ---"

German:

“Gufi erected this stone in memory of Ólafr, his son, a very brave man. He was killed in Eistland. Hávarðr created this stone. "

More rune stones in the northern Ätradalen (Valley) report on trips both to the west and to the east ( Ingvar Runestones ).

literature

  • Sigmund Oehrl: On the interpretation of anthropomorphic and theriomorphic image representations on the late Viking Age rune stones of Sweden (= Vienna Studies on Scandinavian Studies. Vol. 16). Praesens, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7069-0346-6 .

Web links

Commons : Olsbrostenen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ Not Estonia , this term only became common in the 19th century
  2. ↑ Old Norse transcription:
    Gufi ræisti stæin þennsi æfti R Olaf, sun sinn, dræng harða goðan. Hann varð drepinn i Æistlandum. Havarðr (?) Hiogg s [tæin].

Coordinates: 58 ° 1 '2.2 "  N , 13 ° 33' 20.5"  E