Runestones from Gunderup
The two rune stones from Gunderup (DK NJy 46 also DR 143 and DK NJy 47 also DR 144) have been in the armory of the church of Gunderup, southeast of Aalborg in Himmerland in North Jutland in Denmark , since 1895 .
The rune stone 1 from the 9th century was found in Gunderup 1629th Originally it was on a burial mound in Fialrø marck, near the road between Fjellerad and Haals. The stone probably stood next to a hill that was destroyed early and used as a potato rental. The mound was excavated in 1898 without finding anything other than two rectangular holes lined with brick. The inscription reads:
Toke erected these stones and made this monument after his stepfather Abe (Ebbe), a good Thegn and Tove, his mother. They're both lying on this hill. Toke got Abe's estate.
The inscription is placed on two adjacent sides of the stone in the shape of a bustrophedon . It says that the rune stone was part of a larger monument, possibly in the style of the Glavendrup stones , the Tryggevæl stone and the rune stone at the ship's setting at Bække . It is the only Danish runestone that specifically mentions heritage. This may be because the stone setter Toke was not directly related to the testator Ebbe. Toke is the most common name on rune stones in Denmark. The Sunder Vissing Stone 2 was also built by a man named Toke after a man named Ebbe, but there is no evidence that there is any connection between the two.
- Runestones from Gunderup Church
Runestone 1 or DR 143
Runestone 2 or DR 144
Gunderup Church
Runestone 2 or DR 144
Gunderup 2 was found in the Gunderup cemetery in 1627 and examined by Jon Skonvig (1600–1664). When Søren Abildgaard (1718–1791) drew it in 1769, it was lying in the cemetery with the inscription facing down. Ludvig FA Wimmer (1839–1920) also found the stone on the spot. It has been in the church since 1895. The inscription reads: ᛆᚢᛌᛏᛆᚿ ᛬ ᛌᛆᛏᛁ ᛬ ᛌᛏᛆᛁᚿ ᛫ ᚦᚭᚿᛌᛁ ᛬ ᛆᛒᛏ ᛫ ᚭᛌᚢᛚᛒ ᛫ ᚠᛆᚦᚢᚱ ᛫ ᛋᛁᚿ ᛫ Östen placed this stone after Asulv, his father
The inscription is in a line on a flat side on the left edge and is read from bottom to top. It shows short-branch runes, which are very rare on Danish rune stones and can only be seen on one of the two rune stones from Haithabu (Hedeby 2) that Asfrid set. The use of short-branch runes, as well as other features, suggests dating to the earlier Viking Age. So far, these elements have been interpreted as a sign of Swedish influence, which Michael Lerche Nielsen rejects.
literature
- Ingrid Falktoft Anderson: Vejviser til Danmarks oldtid . 1994, ISBN 87-89531-10-8 , p. 192.
- Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: Politics bog om Danmarks oldtid . Copenhagen 2002 ISBN 87-567-6458-8 , pp. 85-86.
- Birgit Sawyer: The Viking-Age Rune-stones. Custom and Commemoration in Early Medieval Scandinavia, pp. 71-91. Oxford University Press 2000.
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