Runestone from Vang

This article is about the runestone from Vang . Another stone is the rune stone of Vang (Thy)

Runestone from Vang

The rune stone from Vang (N 84; Norwegian Vangsteinen , also rune stone from Grindaheim ) is a rune stone from the early 11th century. It stands at the church of Vang in Fylke Innlandet in Norway . He is 2.15 m tall. Until 1844 it stood next to the former stave church of Vang , which was however moved to Karpacz in the Giant Mountains .

On the top of the stone, which is decorated with tendrils and foliage, is the representation of an animal , which is often interpreted as a lion.

inscription

The runic inscription is carved separately from the composition on the sides, in contrast to most other rune stones from the Viking Age.

Runic inscription: kosa: sunir: ristu: s (t) in: þinsi: af (t) ir: kunar: bruþur: sun

The inscription reads in Old Norse :

Gása synir reistu stone þenna eptir Gunnar, bróðurson

Gåse's sons erected this stone in memory of Gunnar, the brother's son 

Runestone Kvien

Runestone at Høre Stave Church

The text of the second runestone in Vang reads: "This summer, when the brothers Erling and Audun were cutting the trees for this church, Earl Erling fell in Nidaros."

literature

• Sigmund Oehrl: Four-legged representations on Swedish rune stones. Studies on North Germanic animal and bondage iconography . Ed .: Heinrich Beck, Dieter Geuenich, Heiko Steuer (=  supplementary volumes to the Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde . Volume 72 ). De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-022742-0 , pp. 2, 12, 41, 54-55, 89, 89 , doi : 10.1515 / 9783110227437 ( archive.org ).

Web links

• N 84 (N84) - Vang skaldic.abdn.ac.uk
• Ladda ned Samnordisk runtextdatabas (Swedish). Uppsala University website, accessed February 8, 2013.
• The Vangstein on Grosssteingraeber.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Terje Spurkland: Norwegian runes and runic inscriptions . Boydell Press, Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK 2005, ISBN 1-84383-186-4 , pp. 91–93 ( books.google.com - not part of the reading sample).
2. ↑ Sigmund Oehrl: four-legged representations on Swedish rune stones. Studies on North Germanic animal and bondage iconography . Ed .: Heinrich Beck, Dieter Geuenich, Heiko Steuer (=  supplementary volumes to the Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde . Volume 72 ). De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-022742-0 , pp. 55 , doi : 10.1515 / 9783110227437 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
3. ↑ The Vang Rune Stone - Kongevegen over Filefjell. visitkongevegen.com, accessed on August 14, 2020 . 

Coordinates: 61 ° 7 ′ 32 ″  N , 8 ° 34 ′ 29 ″  E