Aringsås rune stones

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Runic stones Sm 3 (left) and Sm 1

The rune stones from Aringsås can be found at the church of Aringsås in Alvesta in the Kronoberg district in Småland in Sweden and are  numbered Sm  1 and Sm 3. A third rune stone (Sm 2) is said to be hidden in the cemetery wall.

Sm 1

Sm 1 is an approximately 1.7 m high Viking Age rune stone made of granite , which was set up together with Sm 3 in 1966 on the cemetery wall. The inscription consists of text in the younger Futhark within a band of text that runs along the outer edge of the stone around a central cross. Since the ends of the text band are damaged, it is not clear whether the inscription was carved in the RAK style, the oldest rune stone style. The inscription was carved by a rune master named Åsgöt. Åsgöt also signed the inscription Sö 296 from Skälby. Three other preserved rune stones can be assigned to him based on the style analysis.

The runic text says that the stone was erected by a man named Vigniutr in memory of his father Hromund. In accordance with the cross, the text contains a prayer for the soul of Hromund. The Nordic word salu for soul is first recorded during the 10th century.

Sm 2

Copy of the inscription on Sm 2

Before the historical importance of rune stones was recognized, they were often reused as materials in the construction of churches, walls and bridges. The text of the Sm 2 stone was recorded during an earlier national rune stone survey. It says that the stone was erected by a man named Ábjôrn in memory of a man named Toki Óníðingr. Óníðingr with the o-prefix means the opposite of the Old Norse pejorative níðingr and describes a man as virtuous. Óníðingr occurs in the runic inscriptions OG 77 in Hovgården, Sö 189 in Åkerby, Sm 5 in Transjö , Sm 37 in Rörbro, Sm 147 in Västa Ed and DR 68 in Århus and appears as a name or part of a name in the inscriptions OG 217 in Oppeby and Sm 131 in Hjortholmen.

Sm 3

Runestone Sm 3, a stone in the bird's-eye style (Swedish Fågel perspective; in which the snake is shown from above), has rune-like symbols on the snake ribbon. Although the symbols are similar to Norse runes, they are linguistically meaningless. It is believed that the inscription was carved by an illiterate man who tried to copy another runestone.

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Coordinates: 56 ° 54 ′ 3.6 ″  N , 14 ° 33 ′ 59.3 ″  E