- Tune stone
Runefacts
name=Tune stone
rundataid=
country=Norway
region=Østfold
city=Tune
produced= 200-450 CE
artist=Wiwaz
text_native= "See article."
text_english= "See article."
picture=|The Tune stone is an important
runestone from about 200-450 CE. It bears runes of theElder Futhark , and the language isProto-Norse . It was discovered in 1627 in the church yard wall of the church in Tune, Østfold, Norway. Today is is housed in the Museum of Cultural History in Oslo. The Tune stone is possibly the oldest Norwegian attestation of burial rites and inheritance. [ [http://www.snl.no/article.html?id=785663&o=1&search=tune-steinen Online entry on the Tune stone in "Store norske leksikon".] ]Inscription
The stone has inscriptions on two sides, called side A and side B. Side A consists of an inscription of two lines (A1 and A2), and side B consists of an inscription of three lines (B1, B2 and B3). [Inscription provided from [http://www.arild-hauge.com/innskrifter.htm this site's] entry on the Tune stone. Slightly adapted to fit Wikipedia.]
The A side reads:
A1: ekwiwazafter`woduri
A2: dewitadahalaiban:worathto`? [---The B side reads:
B1: ????zwoduride:staina:
B2: þrijozdohtrizdalidun
B3: arbijasijostezarbijanoInterpretations
It was interpreted by
Sophus Bugge in 1903 and Carl Marstrander in 1930, but was not interpreted convincingly before 1981 byOttar Grønvik , in his book "Runene på Tunesteinen".Notes
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