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Vg 199 Norra Lundby: Ett tolkningsförslag
Stockholm University.
2021 (Swedish)In: Futhark: International Journal of Runic Studies, ISSN 1892-0950, E-ISSN 2003-296X, Vol. 11, p. 119-135Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This article presents an attempt to interpret the Viking Age runic inscription Vg 199 Norra Lundby based partially on a new reading. The inscription has hitherto been considered to lack linguistic meaning. The interpretation runs as follows: [Stæinn] kveðsk hēr[si] s[tand]a længi. Kveðsk Hialms Gunna hald[a …] … …ṃiþ : ka… … Gott orð bar. ‘The stone proclaims that it will long stand here. (It) proclaims that it will preserve Hialmʀ’s Gunni … …ṃiþ : ka… . (He) had a good reputation.’ Since a relatively large part of the stone is missing, some of the runic sequences associated with the lacunae cannot be inter­preted with certainty. A possible but purely speculative interpretation is none­theless offered. It is in any case beyond doubt that the inscription is in fact linguistically meaning­ful. Vg 199 bears a strong resemblance to the inscription on the Jut­landic stone DR 131 Års, and just like that one, it is most likely formu­lated in verse. Remarkably, Vg 199 lacks a proper memorial formula. This suggests that the accompanying memorial formulation was inscribed on a separate stone. 

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2021. Vol. 11, p. 119-135
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runestone, “nonsense” inscription, Viking Age, Vg 199 Norra Lund­by, DR 131 Års, runic poetry
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-438137DOI: 10.33063/diva-438137OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-438137DiVA, id: diva2:1543727
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