Runestone at Synnerby kyrka

The rune stone at the Synnerby kyrka (Vg 73; locally also Veurðs stone called) is a rune stone from granite in the cemetery of Synnerby kyrka, about 9.0 kilometers west of Skara in Västra Götaland in Sweden .

The approximately 2.55 m high stone, dated 980-1015 AD, is carved in the RAK rune stone style, which is considered to be the oldest style. It was discovered in the wall of the Karnhaus in 1905 and implemented in 1937 when the church was being renovated.

The text in the younger Futhark in a text band that runs along the edge of the narrow stone and curves in the middle at the end reads: "Kar and Kaie built this stone after Veurðs (ueurþ) their father, a very good Tegn" (also Tägn ). Above the inscription there is a Christian cross.

The name Kar is known from Iceland, where it is quite common, while the name Veurðs, after which the stone is named, is otherwise unknown.

There are several Tegn stones in the Dofsan river basin. The Dofsan flows south of Resville , where there is another with Vg 59, into the Flian. The Flian flows into the Lidan in Skofteby. At the Lidan there is another Tegn Stein with Vg 62 in Ballstorp.

The Iron Age burial ground of Brakelund is about 800 m north . The rune stone of Sparlösa is nearby .

Individual evidence

↑ Tegn, thegn or tägn is a vague term that was used in Denmark, England (also in Shakespeare's Thane of Glamis ) and Scandinavia during the Viking Age . In the Nordic region it was written þegn or þekn. It often appears in connection with "a very good", e.g. B. on Velandastenen . It was also used as a personal name. In Sweden it occurs on rune stones. In England the word is used in handwritten documents.

Web links

Runestone at Synnerby kyrka - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
Description (Swedish) and picture
Description (swed.) - tegn

58.3828 13.2778Coordinates: 58 ° 22 ′ 58.1 ″ N , 13 ° 16 ′ 40.1 ″ E

[1] Tegn, thegn or tägn is a vague term that was used in Denmark, England (also in Shakespeare's Thane of Glamis ) and Scandinavia during the Viking Age . In the Nordic region it was written þegn or þekn. It often appears in connection with "a very good", e.g. B. on Velandastenen . It was also used as a personal name. In Sweden it occurs on rune stones. In England the word is used in handwritten documents.