Grinda rune stones

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Stein Sö165
Stein Sö166

The rune stones from Grinda (cat. No. Sö 165 and 166) are at Grinda near Spelvik , between Runtuna and Aspa on road 223 in Södermanland in Sweden . They date from the Viking Age , from around 990 to 1020 AD. Directly next to the two stones are two vaguely recognizable ship settlements of around 11.0 and 19.0 m in length.

The neighboring rune stones tell of journeys by the Vikings to the Byzantine Empire , England and Northern Germany .

Stein Sö 165

The stone Sö165 is made of granite . It is not one of the 30 or so Varangian rune stones , as Hedin did not die abroad. It is 1.5 m high and 0.8 m wide. The runes are between 7 and 10 cm high and repainted with red paint.

The text in the serpentine ribbon, which a woman probably erected for her husband, reads: “Guthrun erected the stone for Hedin, was the son of Sven. He was in Greece, shared gold. Christ, help the souls (spirits of) Christians ”.

Stein Sö 166

The second stone is also made of granite , it is one of the 30 "England rune stones" with a height of 1.7 m and 1.15 m br (NS) somewhat larger. The runes are also between 7 and 10 cm high and repainted with red paint. The stone has been repositioned several times, most recently in 1970 and 1984. It counts as one of the England rune stones, although the death of the man is not located in England. The same applies to U 539, where Sveinn died on the trip to England in Jutland .

The text of this rune stone, which shows a cross in the middle, reads: “Grjutgarth (and) Aeinrithi, the sons, made (the memorial) for their bold father. Guthver was westward in England, shared tribute (ie shares in "Danish money"), manfully attacked castles in northern Germany (Saxland). "

Runestones at the Aspa Bro

Since the inscriptions do not report anything of their death on these trips, they seem to have returned home and later died the so-called straw death.

Nearby are the rune stones on the Korpa bro . There are four more rune stones at Aspa Bro.

literature

  • Wolfram zu Mondfeld: Viking trip . Koehler, Herford 1985, ISBN 3-7822-0360-7 , pp. 104 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Norse mythology describes the "dishonorable" death caused by age or illness as straw death.

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Coordinates: 58 ° 54 ′ 9.8 "  N , 17 ° 5 ′ 43.7"  E