Sörupsten
The Sörupsten ( Danish Sjørupsten - DR 279) is a rune stone made of granite in the RAK style . It is not to be confused with the Sørupsten DR 187 from Svendborg . The stone is on the church of Sjörup, west of Ystad in Skåne in Sweden . The inscription dates from the Viking Age (around 1000 AD).
The Sjörup runestone has been known since the 1620s, when Jon Skonvig (1600–1664) portrayed it for Ole Worms (1588–1654) work on Danish rune stones. Two centuries later it was cut up to be used as building material for a bridge. In the mid-1990s, the pieces were removed from the bridge and reassembled.
The inscription starts at the lower right and rotates counterclockwise around the rune stone until it ends at the lower left. Then she changes direction and goes under the first row until it ends in the middle of the stone. The ribbon follows the coils of a snake without depicting the animal, as is common for Swedish rune stones.
The rune stone has similarities with the rune stone DR 295, one of the rune stones from Hällestadkyrka . Both contain dotted k-runes and use the nasal ã-rune, whereby the Sjörupstein uses the ã-rune more often and has a different orthography. For example, the Old Norse ægi (for “not”) is written on the Hällestad rune stone “aigi”, while on this stone it means “aki”. The rune master of the stone omits the h-rune twice in the words han (“he”) and hafði (“had”), but adds an h-rune at the beginning of the word æftiʀ (“in memory of”). The fluctuating orthography shows that there was uncertainty about the use of the H rune during the Viking Age. The inscription reads:
Saxi put this stone after Asbjørn, his companion, Tokes son. He did not flee in Uppsala; he fought as long as he had weapons.
Like the runestone DR 295, the rune stone probably tells of the Battle of Fyrisvall ( Swedish Slaget vid Fyrisval ). Both use the phrase: "He did not flee in Uppsala". The term “malaga” means “companion” and is related to the “partnership” of the Félag. This suggests that he belonged to a brotherhood like the Yomsvikings , which was based on strong ties. There are four or five rune stones that speak of the same battle. Only the Ingvar rune stones consist of a larger number of stones related to the same event.
Since the rune stones used the phrase "He did not flee in Uppsala," scholars have linked the rune stones to the legendary Battle of Fýrisvellir in Uppsala since the 19th century . Several medieval sources report that the King of Sweden Erik VIII , later called the Victorious ( Swedish Erik Segersäll ), and his nephew Styrbjörn fought each other in the 980s. Styrbjörn had been banished from Sweden but became such a powerful Viking chieftain that he returned with a large army to take the crown of Sweden.
Despite all the pros and cons of the historicity of Styrbjörn and the Battle of Alt-Uppsala , it is clear that the battle in which the Swedes destroyed the invaders took place, but the exact time has not yet been clarified. Since the Danish king Harald Blauzahn , who is said to have supported Styrbjörn, died on Pomeranian soil after Adam von Bremen Allerheiligen 985 or 986, Styrbjörn could not have invaded Sweden until after the death of the Danish king, otherwise he would not have been able to save Harald from the sea battle.
literature
- Lars Magnar Enoksen: Skånska runstenar , Lund 1999
Web links
- Dr279 Sjörup (page with photo) at arild-hauge.com
- Drawing at arild-hauge.com
Coordinates: 55 ° 26 ′ 28 ″ N , 13 ° 38 ′ 9 ″ E