The Kalleby Runestone is an enigmatic
Iron Age runestone inscribed in
Proto-Norse with the
Elder Futhark
The Elder Futhark (or Fuþark), also known as the Older Futhark, Old Futhark, or Germanic Futhark, is the oldest form of the runic alphabets. It was a writing system used by Germanic peoples for Northwest Germanic dialects in the Migration Peri ...
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*þrawijan * haitinaz was
This short text has been the subject of several interpretations where ''þrawijan'', which means "yearning", is interpreted as either a name or an epithet. The words ''haitinaz was'' mean "was named", and so the text is open to various interpretations, such as:
*Yearning was imposed (on him).
*Þrawija's (monument).
*(I/he) was commanded/called.
*(I/He) was promised to þrawija.
The stone is tall and wide, and it was part of a bridge.
See also
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List of runestones
There are about 3,000 runestones in Scandinavia (out of a total of about 6,000 runic inscriptions). p. 38.
The runestones are unevenly distributed in Scandinavia:
The majority is found in Sweden, estimated at between 1,700 and 2,500 (depending o ...
Sources
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Rundata
The Scandinavian Runic-text Data Base ( sv, Samnordisk runtextdatabas) is a project involving the creation and maintenance of a database of runic inscriptions. The project's goal is to comprehensively catalog runestones in a machine-readable way f ...
The runestone on the site of the Swedish National Heritage Board.
Proto-Norse language
Runestones in Bohuslän
Elder Futhark inscriptions
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