Stone of Eric
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| Name | Stone of Eric, Hedeby Stone |
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| Rundata ID | DR 1 |
| Country | Germany |
| Region | Schleswig-Holstein |
| City/Village | Hedeby |
| Produced | 10th century |
| Runemaster | Thorulfr |
| Text - Native | |
| Old Norse : ÞorulfR resþi sten þænsi, hemþægi Swens, æftiR Erik, felaga sin, æs warþ døþr, þa drængiaR satu um Heþaby; æn han was styrimannr, drængR harþa goþr | |
| Text - English | |
| Thorulf raised this stone, Sweyn's retainer, in memory of Eric, his partner, who died when valiant men besieged Hedeby; and he was a captain, a very good valiant man. | |
| Other resources | |
| Runestones - Runic alphabet - Runology - Runestone styles | |
The Stone of Eric is one of the Hedeby stones (DR 1) and was found in 1796 at Danevirke and moved to a park in Schleswig. Like the Skarthi Rune stone (DR 3), it is believed to have been raised c. 995, during an attack from the Swedish king Eric the Victorious who took advantage of the fact that Sweyn Forkbeard was campaigning in England.
