Danish Runic Inscription 107

Danish Runic Inscription 107
The runestone from Egå.

Danish Runic Inscription 107 or DR 107 is the Rundata listing for a Viking Age memorial runestone that was found at Egå, Denmark.

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Description

The inscription on DR 107 consists of three runic text bands, two in arches with the third band in the center. The inscription is classified as being carved in runestone style RAK, which is the classification for runic text bands that have straight ends with no attached serpent or beast heads. It was first recorded, with its top section missing, as being part of a wall in Egå.[1] Before the historic significance of runestones was understood, they were often re-used as material in the construction of bridges, walls, and buildings. It was noted that prior to this, the stone had been in the bank near a bridge.[1] The top section was located in 1839, and the repaired stone is 1.08 meters in height. The runestone was moved to Copenhagen, and is now in the Danish National Museum.

The runic text states that the stone was raised as a memorial by Alfkell and his sons in memory of his deceased relative Manni. Manni is described as being a landhirþiR or landhirdhi, an Old Norse word that means "guard of land"[2] but is often translated as being a land or estate overseer or steward.[3] Another inscription which uses this term is DR 134 in Ravnkilde. The owner of the land is named as Ketill the Norwegian. Here the word norrøna means Norseman but was used in Denmark to denote a Norwegian.[4] A small cross was carved at the top of the stone within the runic band separating the words suniR and risþu.

The runestone is known locally as the Egå-sten.

Inscription

Transliteration of the runes into Latin characters

alfkil ÷ uk ÷ hns ÷ suniR ÷ risþu : stin : þansi : ift : ¶ * mana : sin : frinta : þans × uas * lantirþi ÷ kitils ÷ þis ÷ ¶ nuruna ÷[5]

Transcription into Old Norse

Alfkel ok hans syniR resþu sten þænsi æft Manna, sin frænda, þans was landhirþiR Kætils þæs norrøna.[5]

Translation in English

Alfkell and his sons raised this stone in memory of Manni, their kinsman, who was Ketill the Norwegian's estate-steward.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Stephens, George (1868). The Runic Hall in the Danish Old-Northern Museum. Michelsen and Tillege. pp. 9–10. http://books.google.com/books?id=Oc8_AAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false. 
  2. ^ Page, Raymond Ian (1995). Chronicles of the Vikings: Records, Memorials, and Myths. University of Toronto Press. p. 169. ISBN 0-8020-0803-8. http://books.google.com/?id=1N57Gf9ljqcC&printsec=frontcover&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false. 
  3. ^ Brink, Stefan (2008). "People and Land in Early Scandinavia". In Geary, Patrick J.; Garipzanov, Ildar H. et al. Franks, Northmen, and Slavs: identities and state formation in early medieval Europe. Brepols. p. 99. ISBN 9782503526157. http://www.abdn.ac.uk/staffpages/uploads/his237/06Brink-1.pdf. 
  4. ^ "Egå-stenen". Danske Runeindskrifter. Danish National Museum. http://runer.ku.dk/VisGenstand.aspx?Titel=Eg%c3%a5-sten. Retrieved 9 February 2011. 
  5. ^ a b c Project Samnordisk Runtextdatabas Svensk - Rundata entry for DR 107.

External links

Photograph of DR 107 - Arild Hauge website


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