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Stentoften Runestone
Name:	Stentoften Runestone
Rundata ID:	DR 357
Country:	Sweden
Region:	Blekinge
City/Village:	Stentoften
Produced:	500-700AD
Runemaster:	Unknown
Text - Native:
Proto-Norse : borumz gestumz Haþuwulfz gaf j[ar], Hariwulfz ... ... haidiz runono, felh eka hedra niu habrumz, niu hangistumz Haþuwulfz gaf j[ar], Hariwulfz ... ... haidiz runono, felh eka hedra ginnurunoz. Hermalausaz argiu, Weladauþs, sa þat briutiþ.
Text - English:
(To the) dwellers (and) guests Haþuwulfar gave ful year, Hariwulfar ... ... I, master of the runes(?) conceal here nine bucks, nine stallions, Haþuwulfar gave fruitful year, Hariwulfar ... ... I, master of the runes(?) conceal here runes of power. Incessantly (plagued by) maleficence, (doomed to) insidious death (is) he who this breaks.
Other resources:
Rune stones - Runic alphabet

The Stentoften Runestone (DR 357 U) is a runestone which contains a curse in Proto-Norse, discovered in 1823 by the dean O. Hammer. It was lying down with the inscription facing downwards, surrounded by five sharp larger stones forming a pentagon or a pentagram. Consequently, the stone has been part of a larger monument like the Björketorp Runestone further east. In 1864, the runestone was moved into the church of Sölvesborg.

Most scholars date the inscription to the 7th century and it is carved with a type of runes that form an intermediate version between the Elder Futhark and the Younger Futhark. A characteristic example of this is the a-rune which has the same form as the h-rune of the younger futhark. This is the rune that is transliterated with A. The k-rune, which looks like a Y is a transition form between and in the two futharks. There are quite few intermediary inscriptions like this one. Three more are known from Blekinge, i.e. the Björketorp Runestone, the Istaby Runestone and the Gummarp Runestone, which was moved to Copenhagen and lost in the fire of Copenhagen in 1728.

The Stentoften, Istaby Runestone and Gummarp Runestone inscriptions can be identified with the same clan through the names that are mentioned on them, and the names are typical for chieftains. The Björketorp Runestone lacks names and is raised some tens of km from the others. However, it is beyond doubt that the Björketorp runestone is connected to them, because in addition to the special runic forms, the same message is given on the Stentoften Runestone.

It is obvious that the runestones are not carved by the same man, and so it appears that the runestone reflects a specific rune tradition in Blekinge during the 7th century.

Contents 1 Transliteration 2 Transcription 3 Translation 4 References 5 External links

• AP niuhAborumz ¶ niuhagestumz ¶ hAþuwolAfz gAf j ¶ hAriwolAfz (m)A--u snuh-e ¶ hidez runono fe(l)(A)h ekA hed¶erA
• AQ niu hAborumz ¶ niu hagestumz ¶ hAþuwolAfz gAf j ¶ hAriwolAfz (m)A--u snuh-e ¶ hidez runono fe(l)(A)h ekA hed¶erA
• B ginoronoz
• C herAmAlAsAz ¶ ArAgeu we(l)Aduds| |sA þAt
• D bAriutiþ

• AP borumz gestumz Haþuwulfz gaf j[ar], Hariwulfz ... ... haidiz runono, felh eka hedra
• AQ niu habrumz, niu hangistumz Haþuwulfz gaf j[ar], Hariwulfz ... ... haidiz runono, felh eka hedra
• B ginnurunoz.
• C Hermalausaz argiu, Weladauþs, sa þat
• D briutiþ.

This is the translation provided by Rundata:

• AP(To the) dwellers (and) guests Haþuwulfar gave ful year, Hariwulfar ... ... I, master of the runes(?) conceal here
• AQ nine bucks, nine stallions, Haþuwulfar gave fruitful year, Hariwulfar ... ... I, master of the runes(?) conceal here
• B runes of power.
• C Incessantly (plagued by) maleficence, (doomed to) insidious death (is) he who this
• D breaks.

• Jacobsen, Lis & Moltke, Erik: Danmarks Runeindskrifter. 3rd tome. 1941.
• Thorngren, Karl-Gösta: Runstenar i Blekinge. Blekingeboken 1942. pp. 63-96.
• Rundata

• The Runestones of Sölvesborg
• Joint Nordic database for runic inscriptions