- Frösö Runestone
Runefacts|name=Frösö Runestone
rundataid=J RS1928;66 $
country=Sweden
region=Jämtland
city=Östersund
produced=1030 -1050
artist=Trjónn and Steinn
text_native=austmoþr kuþfastaR sun lit rai...rais... .....-n þino auk kirua bru þisa auk hon lit kristno eotalont .. osbiurn kirþi bru triun raist auk tsain runoR þisaR:
Normalized:Austmaðr, Guðfastar sun, lét raisa stainn þenna, auk gerva brú þessa, auk hann lét kristna Jamtaland. Ásbjörn gerði brú. Trjónn raist, auk Stainn, rúnar þessar.
text_english= Austmaðr, Guðfastr's son, had this stone raised and this bridge built and Christianized Jamtaland. Ásbjörn built the bridge. Trjónn and Steinn carved these runes.
picture= |Frösöstenen (J RS1928;66 $) is the northern-most
runestone inScandinavia andJämtland 's only runestone. It originally stood at the tip offerry terminal on the sound between the island ofFrösön andÖstersund .On it is inscribed::"Austmaðr, Guðfastr's son, had this stone raised and this bridge built and Christianized Jämtland. Ásbjörn built the bridge. Trjónn and Steinn carved these runes."The following Old Norse person and place names appear in the inscription:
* "Austmaðr" (English: "Man from the East") - AnOld West Norse speaking man from MainlandScandinavia . Similarly, "Vestmaðr" (English: "Man from the West") was an Old West Norse-speaking Briton.
* "Guðfastr" (English: "He who is faithful to God")
* "Jamtaland" (English: "Land of the "Jamtar"- The Old Norse name for Jämtland where "jamti" may mean 'hard-working person'; cf. German adjective "emsig" 'hard-working'.
* "Ásbjörn" (English: "God Bear")
* "Trjónn" - (English: "Snout" - A name more or less specific to Jämtland, and also found in several Medieval documents from Jämtland [cite book
last = Ekerwald
first = Carl-Göran
authorlink = :sv:Carl-Göran Ekerwald
coauthors =
title = Jämtarnas historia intill 1319
publisher = Jengel Förlag AB
date = 2004-06
language = Swedish
location =
pages =
url = http://www.syre.se/jengel/jamtarnas.asp
doi =
id = ISBN 9188672123 ] )
* "Steinn" (English: "Stone")The stone is also unique in that it was done in memory of Austmaðr's Christianization of Jämtland and bridge building, rather than as a
cenotaph . The stone dates to between 1030 and 1050. It has now been relocated to the lawn in front of the local county seat due to the construction of a new bridge, between1969 and1971 , on the original site.References
ee also
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Joint Nordic database for runic inscriptions
*Runestone
*Runic alphabet External links
* [http://www.qsl.net/sm5rih/runestone.html The runestone on Frösön]
*sv icon [http://www.algonet.se/~lindst/aksel.html Aksel]
*sv icon [http://web.telia.com/~u63501054/Runstein.html "Jämtlands runsten" Bo Oscarsson]
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