Runestone from the Viking Age at Stav in Tungelsta. The inscription written in the futhark alphabet (the first runes) reads: Auda raeisti staein at Harald, boanda sinn, ok Fastlaug at fadur sinn. Or: Oda raised this stone in memory of Harald her husband and Fastlög to her father.
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Can you really read this language, or was there a plaque with the translation?
I don't read it myself, but my friend Jim has translated all the runestones in Haninge. And you are correct Jack, there's always a plaque next to a runestone. And you can also google pretty much any runestone these days.
We saw some of these on our visit to Sweden. Fascinating.
In Ireland they have some, but they have only notches in the corners, as they apparently lacked an alphabet at the time.
I've always been fascinated by runestones and standing stones...
I am with ciel on this!
That is awesome!
I love that the rune stones have been and will be around for hundreds of years despite what's going on in the world!
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