Runestone from Tirsted

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Runestone from Tirsted: In the Danish National Museum
Runestone from Tirsted: Marking from 1765

The rune stone of Tirsted ( Danish : Tirstedstenen ; DR 216) is a 2.5 m high rune stone from around 950 AD. The rune stone, found in Tirsted on Lolland in Denmark in 1627, is in the Danish National Museum .

description

The granite stone was found in the cemetery ( place where it was found ), but probably comes from a height east of the church called Runestinhøj. In 1652 the mighty stone (the second largest in Denmark) was supposed to be brought to Copenhagen , but only came as far as the port of Nysted . It was not until 1867 that it made detours to the National Museum, where it fills a central space in the Runestone Hall. ! 511.3451175554.7352555

The middle and left part of the stone is decorated with bowls from the Bronze Age , which show that it was used as a cult stone about 2000 years before it was used as a rune stone. The border lines end at the top in braided knots, which are unusual for Danish rune stones.

inscription

The stone was set up for a Viking who died in Sweden, but the connection remains unclear. It is one of the stones that prove that the Vikings also called themselves "vikingr". The inscription is arranged in parallel rows on two adjacent sides, which together form the broad side. The inscription is difficult to interpret. Erik Moltke's (1901–1984) interpretation from 1976 reads:

Runic epigraphic transliteration:

  • A osraþr auk hiltu (-) - R: raisþu ​​stain þansi: aft froþa fronti sin: sin ian han uas þo foink: uaiRa
  • B ian han uarþ tauþr o suo: þiauþu auk uas furs: i frikis ioþi þo aliR uikikaR

Old Norse:

  • A Ástráðr ok Hildu [ng] r / Hildv [íg] r / Hildu [lf] r reistu stein þenna ept Fraða / Freða, frænda sinn sinn, en hann var þá feikn (?) Vera,
  • B en hann varð dahðr á Svíþjóðu ok var fyrstr (?) Í (?) Friggis (?) Liði (?) Þá allir víkingar.

Translation:

"A: Asrad and Hildung (possibly Hildvig / Hildulf) erected this stone after Frede, their relative, but it was the fear of men (?), B: And he found death in Svitjod (Sweden) and was the first ( ?) In Frigi's (or Freygeirr's) entourage (?) Then (?) All Vikings. "

See also

literature

  • Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: Politikens bog om Danmarks oldtid (= Politikens håndbøger. ). Politiken, Copenhagen 2002, ISBN 87-567-6458-8 .
  • Erik Moltke: Runes and their Origin: Denmark and Elsewhere. Nationalmuseets forlag, Copenhagen 1985, p. 299 ff.

Remarks

  1. ↑ In Old Norse records is Svitjod (Svíþjóð), a name for Sweden that is still used in Iceland today.
  2. ↑ Ástráðr and Hildungr / Hildvígr / Hildulfr raised this stone in memory of Fraði / Freði, their kinsman. And he was then the terror (?) Of men. And he died in Sweden and was thereafter the first (?) In (?) Friggir's (?) Retinue (?) And then: all vikings.

Web links

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