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The Sønder
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RAK. This is considered to be the classification for the oldest style and is used for inscriptions where the ends of the runic text bands are straight and do not have any attached dragon or serpent heads. The inscription is dated as being carved after the
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Kirkeby Runestone is classified as being carved in
561:"'He Drowned in Holmr's Sea - His Cargo-Ship Drifted to the Sea-Bottom - Only Three Came Out Alive': Records and Representation of Baltic Traffic in the Viking Age and Early Middle Ages in Early Nordic Sources"
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The reason for hiding the invocation to Thor is unknown, but it is clearly intended to be hidden. There are two other runestones that have similar invocations to Thor located in
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bridges, and buildings. The stone was removed by the Danish
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Sassur placed this stone in memory of Ásgautr his brother, and died on
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The Sønder
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Detail showing the same-stave bind rune for the word
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647:. Vienna: Fassbaender. pp. 119–120.
756:Project Samnordisk Runtextdatabas Svensk
705:. Oxford University Press. p. 128.
568:Dissertationes Philologiae Scandinavicae
157:these runes" that is hidden using three
1323:Runic transliteration and transcription
641:Runes, Magic and Religion: A Sourcebook
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169:for the name Thor, another the runes
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126:referring to a location on Gotland.
735:. University of Texas. p. 41.
177:or "hallow," and a third the runes
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141:The inscription also has an
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68:National Museum of Denmark
1101:Snottsta and Vreta stones
606:McKinnell, John (2005).
559:Zilmer, Kristel (2005).
26:Sønder Kirkeby Runestone
671:MacLeod, Mindy (2002).
852:Baltic area runestones
202:DR 209 from Glavendrup
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846:Varangian runestones
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210:Vg 150 from Velanda
198:DR 110 from Virring
1306:List of runestones
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485:(r)=u=n=a=ʀ
224:Inscription
187:runologists
179:(r)=u=n=a=ʀ
147:Norse pagan
137:or "runes."
118:, possibly
61:Description
1369:Categories
1342:12°34′32″E
1339:55°40′30″N
1022:Aars stone
800:Runestones
519:References
159:bind runes
143:invocation
72:Copenhagen
41:Viking Age
1299:Resources
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729:(2001) .
469:u=i=k=(i)
310:osk(u)...
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538:(1868).
163:ligature
44:memorial
1311:Rundata
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760:Rundata
591:11 July
230:(-)-sur
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100:Gotland
55:Denmark
37:Rundata
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1188:DR 48
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1064:Vg 67
1056:U 861
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883:Nä 29
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281:þænsi
278:þinsi
249:satti
183:runaʀ
167:þ=u=r
135:runaʀ
1242:Öl 1
1140:Thor
1068:N 68
1040:U 15
919:1028
737:ISBN
707:ISBN
677:ISBN
649:ISBN
614:ISBN
593:2011
572:ISBN
548:–11.
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405:tuþr
392:warþ
389:uarþ
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313:Asgo
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262:stin
246:sati
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175:wigi
153:to "
151:Thor
149:god
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