Tune stone
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| Name | Tune stone |
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| Country | Norway |
| Region | Østfold |
| City/Village | Tune |
| Produced | 200-450 CE |
| Runemaster | Wiwaz |
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The Tune stone is an important runestone from about 200-450 CE. It bears runes of the Elder Futhark, and the language is Proto-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.[1]
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).[2]
The A side reads:
A1: ekwiwazafter`woduri
A2: dewitadahalaiban:worathto`?[---
The B side reads:
B1: ????zwoduride:staina:
B2: þrijozdohtrizdalidun
B3: arbijasijostezarbijano
Interpretations
It was interpreted by Sophus Bugge in 1903 and Carl Marstrander in 1930, but was not interpreted convincingly before 1981 by Ottar Grønvik, in his book Runene på Tunesteinen.
Notes
- ^ Online entry on the Tune stone in Store norske leksikon.
- ^ Inscription provided from this site's entry on the Tune stone. Slightly adapted to fit Wikipedia.
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