Kirkjubøur stone
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Kirkjubøur stone | |
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![]() The stone as displayed in the National Museum of the Faroe Islands | |
Writing | Medieval runes |
Created | Viking Age |
Discovered | 1832 AD Kirkjubøur, Faroe Islands |
Present location | Faroese National Museum |
Culture | Norse |
Rundata ID | FR 1 |
Text – Native | |
Old Norse: ... ... Vígulfi(?) unni róa. | |
Translation | |
... ... may grant peace to Vígulf. |
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The Kirkjubøur stone (FR 1) is a runestone found in the Saint Olav's church in Kirkjubøur, Faroe Islands. It was discovered in 1832 and is dated to the Viking Age.[1] Some state that it more specifically dates to the 9th century (probably about 865AD) and others that it dates from year 1000 CE.[2]
Today it is housed at the Faroese National Museum (Føroya Fornminnissavn) in Tórshavn together with other Faroese runestones.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "www.faroestamps.fo". 2007-09-30. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Young, G. V. C. (1979). From the Vikings to the Reformation : a chronicle of the Faroe Islands up to 1538. Douglas, Isle of Man: Shearwater Press. p. 107. ISBN 0-904980-20-0. OCLC 6660093.