Skåäng Runestone
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| Name | Skåäng Runestone |
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| Rundata ID | Sö 32 U/V |
| Country | Sweden |
| Region | Södermanland |
| City/Village | Skåäng |
| Produced | 6th Century |
| Runemaster | Unknown |
| Text - Native | |
| Proto-Norse and Old Norse :See article. | |
| Text - English | |
| See article. | |
| Other resources | |
| Runestones - Runic alphabet - Runology - Runestone styles | |
The Skåäng Runestone is an Iron Age runestone which is inscribed in Proto-Norse with the Elder Futhark. During the Viking Age, other people added an inscription in Old Norse with the Younger Futhark.
The Elder Futhark inscription is harija ÷ leugaz which is interpreted as the Proto-Norse names Harija and Leugaz. The name Harija is a hypocoristic form of names ending with -harjaz ("warrior"), or a name beginning with Harja-, and it is part of the place name Häringe. The name Leugaz is a nomen agentis of the same word as the Gothic liugan ("swear an oath"). Between the two names there is a 
rune (the shape of Younger Futhark hagall), but there is no consensus on how to interpret it.
The Younger Futhark text says
- skanmals auk × olauf × þau × litu × kiara × merki × þausi × eftiR × suain × faþur × sin kuþ × hialbi salu hans
This inscription represents the Old Norse
- Skammhals ok Olof þau letu gæra mærki þausi æftiR Svæin, faður sinn. Guð hialpi salu hans.
In English the Old Norse inscription means
- "Skammhals and Ólôf, they had these landmarks made in memory of Sveinn, their father. May God help his soul."
[edit] Sources
- The article Skåängstenen in Nordisk familjebok (1917).
- Rundata
- Peterson, Lena (2007). Lexikon över urnordiska personnamn. Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore.(Lexicon of Nordic personal names before the 8th century)
