Runestone from Lärkegapet
The runestone from Lärkegapet ( Samnordisk runtextdatabas Vg 113) in Töfta in Bjärby parish, east of Grästorp in Västergötland in Sweden , is about 2.5 m high. Where the runestone from gneiss originally stood is unknown. For a long time it served as a flagstone bridge over a stream.
The RAK-style inscription consists of two vertical bands of text, with the two inner frame lines forming a Thor's hammer . Because of the length of the text, the hammer with the head on top has a very long shaft. It is dated to the end of the Viking Age (around 980–1015 AD).
inscription
The text reads: "takh: risþi: stn: þaisi: ʀfti: burn: frita: harþa: kuþih: þikn:" Dagr set this stone after Björn, his friend, a very good follower (Thegn - þikn or Þegn)
The name Dagr, an Old Norse term that means “day”, can also be found on Vg 101 in Bragnum about three kilometers to the west, and on Ög 43 in Ingelstad.
Other Thorstones
Other rune stones or inscriptions depicting Thor hammers are the rune stones U 1161 in Altuna (with a sculptural depiction of Thor's fish haul ), Sö 86 in Åby, Sö 111 in Stenkvista, Sö 140 from Jursta, Öl 1 in Karlevi, and DR 331 today in Lund (all in Sweden) and DR 26 , DR 48 and DR 120 in Spentrup (in Denmark, where images are less common in contrast to Sweden).
Nearby are the rune stones Vg 114 and Vg 115 and the rune stone of Sal .
Web links
- Runestone from Lärkegapet - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
- Description and pictures (Swedish)
- Description and pictures (Swedish)
Coordinates: 58 ° 20 ′ 6.8 ″ N , 12 ° 41 ′ 59.4 ″ E