DR 110, or the Virring stone, is a

runestone A runestone is typically a raised stone with a runic inscription, but the term can also be applied to inscriptions on boulders and on bedrock. The tradition began in the 4th century and lasted into the 12th century, but most of the runestones d ...

made of

granite Granite () is a coarse-grained ( phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies under ...

that measures in height, in width and in thickness. It is written in

Old East Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlement ...

in the

Younger Futhark The Younger Futhark, also called Scandinavian runes, is a runic alphabet and a reduced form of the Elder Futhark, with only 16 characters, in use from about the 9th century, after a "transitional period" during the 7th and 8th centuries. The ...

, and the runestone style is in a form called RAK. It was discovered in 1865 being used as the threshold for the church porch in the church of Virring in Denmark.Danske Runeindskrifter
- entry for Virring-sten. It is tentatively dated to the period 900-960 based on the runes and the language. It had been severely worn down so many runes are missing. A peculiarity in the inscription is the m rune which has a rounded top( M-rune variant

). It also contains an invocation to the

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Thor Thor (; from non, Þórr ) is a prominent god in Germanic paganism. In Norse mythology, he is a hammer-wielding god associated with lightning, thunder, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, the protection of humankind, hallowing, an ...

(''Þor wigi þæssi kumbl''), which it shares with a number of other runestones in Sweden and

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of Denmark , establish ...

: the

Rök runestone The Rök runestone ( sv, Rökstenen; Ög 136) is one of the most famous runestones, featuring the longest known runic inscription in stone. It can now be seen beside the church in Rök, Ödeshög Municipality, Östergötland, Sweden. It is co ...

(''Þōrr''), the

Velanda Runestone The Velanda Runestone ( sv, Velandastenen), designated as Vg 150 in the Rundata catalog, is a runestone dated to the late tenth century or the early eleventh century that is located in the village of Velanda, Trollhättan Municipality, Västra ...

(''Þorr vigi''), Glavendrup stone (''Þor wigi þæssi runaʀ''),

Sønder Kirkeby Runestone The Sønder Kirkeby Runestone, listed as runic inscription DR 220 in the Rundata catalog, is a Viking Age memorial runestone that was discovered in Sønder Kirkeby, which is located about 5 kilometers east of Nykøbing Falster, Denmark. Descripti ...

(''Þor wigi runaʀ'') and possibly Sö 140 (''Siði(?) Þorr(?)'').

Inscription

Below follows a presentation of the runestones based on the Rundata project. The transcriptions into Old Norse are in the Swedish and Danish dialect to facilitate comparison with the inscriptions, while the English translation provided by Rundata gives the names in the de facto standard dialect (the Icelandic and Norwegian dialect): Latin transliteration: :§A ÷ ki-mutr ÷ ¶ ... ...n ÷ k(a)rþi ¶ ÷ m(i)n(i) ÷ --(u) ÷ af(t) (÷) ¶ ÷ sasur ÷ star ¶ r(i)sþi ÷ stin ÷ aft ÷ tuþan ÷ :§B þur ÷ uiki ÷ þisi ÷ kuml ÷Project Samnordisk Runtextdatabas Svensk
- Rundata entry for Sö 111. Old Norse transcription: :§A ''Ge �undr(?) ... u gærþi minni �� æft Sazur. Star resþi sten æft døþan. :§B ''Þor wigi þæssi kumbl.'' English translation: :§A "Geirmundr(?) ... son made these memorials in memory of Sassurr. Starr raised the stone in memory of the deceased." :§B "May Þórr hallow this monument."

Sources

* Rundata
Virring-sten at Danske Runeindskrifter
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References

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