Granavollen stone

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Granavollen stone
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Created11th century
Discovered Gran, Oppland, Norway
Rundata IDN 63
Runemaster Unknown

The Granavollen stone is a runestone located behind Nikolaikirken at Granavollen in Gran, Oppland county, Norway. This church is also known as one of the two medieval Sister Churches. The inscription is classified as being carved in runestone style RAK, [1] which is the oldest style. This classification is used for those inscriptions where the ends of the runic text bands are straight and do not have any animal or serpent heads attached.

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The runic text is dated as being from the last half of the eleventh century [2] and reveals that the stone was erected in memory of a brother named Aufi. The text ends in a prayer for Aufi's sál, or soul, a word which was not used until after Christianization. [2]

Inscription

×

 

cʀnir

Synir

 

aunar

Aunar

 

rʀkiu

Ryggju/Rœkju

 

ricþtu

reistu

[⁑]

 

…(f)tir

[e]ptir

 

aufa

<aufa>,

 

bruþur

bróður

 

cin

sinn.

 

hialbi

Hjalpi

 

kuþ

Guð

×

 

col

sál

×

 

aufa

<aufa>.

× cʀnir ⁑ aunar ⁑ rʀkiu ⁑ ricþtu [⁑] …(f)tir ⁑ aufa ⁑ bruþur ⁑ cin ⁑ hialbi ⁑ kuþ × col × aufa

{} Synir {} Aunar {} Ryggju/Rœkju {} reistu {} [e]ptir {} <aufa>, {} bróður {} sinn. {} Hjalpi {} Guð {} sál {} <aufa>.

Aun Ryggja's/Rœkja's sons raised in memory of <aufa>, their brother. May God help <aufa>'s soul. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Runic inscription N 63". Scandinavian Runic-text Database (2020 ed.). Uppsala University: Department of Scandinavian Languages. Retrieved Feb 25, 2024.
  2. 1 2 Spurkland, Terje (2005). Norwegian Runes and Runic Inscriptions. van der Hoek, Betsy (trans.). Woodbridge: Boydell Press. pp. 133–135. ISBN   1-84383-186-4.

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