• Thumbnail for English Runic Inscription 2
    English runic inscription 2 (E 2, or Br E2) is a Viking Age runic inscription from the early 11th century, in a coffin of limestone in Saint Paul's Cathedral...
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  • Thumbnail for Varangian runestones
    style KB. This is the classification for inscriptions with a cross that is bordered by the runic text. The runic text states that it was raised in memory...
    102 KB (14,385 words) - 11:46, 2 September 2024
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    in Old English of the sounds represented by the fourth letter, ⟨ᚨ⟩/⟨ᚩ⟩. Runology is the academic study of the runic alphabets, runic inscriptions, runestones...
    68 KB (6,965 words) - 13:19, 28 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Anglo-Saxon runes
    database includes, in addition, 16 inscriptions containing a single rune, several runic coins, and 8 cases of dubious runic characters (runelike signs, possible...
    36 KB (2,474 words) - 21:33, 25 August 2024
  • meaning "boar"). The inscription also shows the only runic appearance of the name of Iceland, while there are five other runic inscriptions in Sweden that mention...
    95 KB (13,604 words) - 06:54, 20 June 2024
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    runestone is believed to be hidden within a churchyard wall. Småland Runic Inscription 1 or Sm 1 is the Rundata designation for a Viking Age memorial runestone...
    6 KB (810 words) - 04:24, 9 December 2021
  • appears in a second runic inscription, Sö 13 from Gatstugan, and it may refer to the same person. The inscription echos the m-runes () from the sponsors'...
    46 KB (7,040 words) - 02:07, 24 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Alu (runic)
    runic magic or is a metaphor (or metonym) for it. It is the most common of the early runic charm words. The word disappears from runic inscriptions shortly...
    17 KB (2,016 words) - 11:51, 23 March 2024
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    English Runic Inscription 2 (11th century) is also believed by some scholars to depict Sleipnir. The Ardre VIII image stone English Runic Inscription...
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  • Runic is a Unicode block containing runic characters. It was introduced in Unicode 3.0 (1999), with eight additional characters introduced in Unicode...
    30 KB (1,030 words) - 16:28, 26 July 2024