Sandavágsstein
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The Sandavágur runestone on a postage stamp (the inscription in the background is from the Kirkjubøstein .)
The Sandavágsstein ( Faroese Sandavágssteinurin ) is a rune stone that was found in Sandavágur on the Faroe Islands in 1917 . It probably dates from the 12th century. The stone is now in the church in Sandavágur.
The inscription reads:
- þorkæl: onondarsun: austmaþrafruhalande: bygþe: þena: staþ: fyst
In standardized Old Norse :
- Þorkell Onondarsonr, austmaðr af Rogalandi, bygði þenna stað fyrst.
German:
- Torkil Onundarson, Ostmann from Rogaland , lived in this place first.
An Ostmann is a Norwegian from the perspective of the Faroese and Icelanders . The stone thus proves that the first settler at this point was a Norwegian, namely Torkil, the son of Onundur (in today's Faroese personal names ).
The Sandavágsstein is next to the Kirkjubøstein and the Fámjinsstein one of three well-known Faroese rune stones and is the second oldest surviving written document of the Faroe Islands after the Kirkjubøstein.
literature
- Höskuldur Thráinsson et al .: Faroese. An Overview and Reference Grammar . Tórshavn 2004.
Web links
- Faroestamps.fo - Historic Writings (English and German)