77556°E / 58.29500; 14.77556 The Rök runestone (Swedish: Rökstenen; Ög 136) is one of the most famous runestones, featuring the longest known runic...

wolf that is referred to as the "Valkyrie horse" on the Rök runestone. Today, most runestones are painted with falu red, since the colour red makes it...

century) Björketorp Runestone (transitional, 7th century) Stentoften (transitional, 7th century) Eggjum stone (8th century) Rök runestone (transitional, ca...

Rök is a parish located in Östergötland, Sweden. It is mostly known for being the location where the Rök runestone is kept. 58°17′38″N 14°47′11″E / 58...

Attila the Hun (legendary sagas). Objects and monuments such as the Rök runestone and the Kvinneby amulet feature runic inscriptions—texts written in...

figure bearing a horn on runestone U 1163. Specific valkyries are mentioned on two runestones; the early 9th century Rök runestone in Östergötland, Sweden...

have a medieval foundation. Noteworthy are: Rök Church from 1845 (outside which stands the Rök runestone), Stora Åby Church, from the 1750s, with several...

used, which is shown on the Rök runestone where the runemaster used both. The oldest known runestone, the Svingerud Runestone, dates to the Roman Iron Age...

Sparlösa Runestone, listed as Vg 119 in the Rundata catalog, is located in Västergötland and is the second most famous Swedish runestone after the Rök runestone...

son of Odin. The runes on the cover, ᛏ, ᛉ, and ᚱ are taken from the Rök runestone in Sweden. The middle rune, algiz, is transcribed as the modern letter...

Waldere, the Old High German poem Hildebrandslied, and possibly the Rök runestone. The bulk of the legendary material about Dietrich/Theodoric comes from...

creatures. For instance, Gunnr's horse was a kenning for "wolf" on the Rök runestone. In the Lay of Hyndla, the eponymous seeress rides a wolf. To Baldr's...

form of the name was Þjóðríkr (spelled þiaurikʀ on the 9th-century Rök runestone). This became Tjodrik in Middle Norwegian. The Dutch form Derek was...

runes in ligature on the Rök runestone The s and k runes in ligature in the Old Norse word skipari ("sailor") on the Tuna Runestone in Småland A bind rune...

older runestones in this group, as well as younger ones. This style has no dragon heads and the ends of the runic bands are straight. Rök runestone U 336...

the bard Thjodolf learned the verse-form kviðuháttr by studying the Rök runestone in present-day Sweden, which dates from around the year 800. Ynglingatal...

in Norse mythology Norse mythological influences on later literature Rök runestone Daly, Kathleen N. (2009). Norse Mythology A to Z (3rd ed.). Chelsea...

by writers from Sweden. The first literary text from Sweden is the Rök runestone, carved during the Viking Age circa 800 AD. With the conversion of the...

been awarded to Swedes. The first literary text from Sweden is the Rök runestone, carved during the Viking Age c. 800 AD. With the conversion of the...

male name is Gunnar. The earliest attestation of the name is on the Rök runestone where it occurs as part of a kenning for wolf: I say this the twelfth...

Rök runestone is one of the most famous runestones, featuring the longest known runic inscription in stone. It can now be seen by the church in Rök (between...

for his work on the runic alphabet and various runestones, especially the Tune Runestone, the Rök runestone and the Eggjum stone. Luthertexte für sprachgeschichtliche...

Runology is the academic study of the runic alphabets, runic inscriptions, runestones, and their history. Runology forms a specialised branch of Germanic philology...

poems existed in the Viking Age. A single stanza on the 9th-century Rök runestone from Östergötland, Sweden, also mentions Dietrich/Theodoric. Anglo-Saxon...

of the language gradually amended those features. The entire Swedish Rök runestone is written in scriptio continua, which poses problems for scholars attempting...

written with the ætts as hooks and the order as branches. There are several runestones using such devices of obscuring the inscription, especially found in Orkney...

poems in alliterative verse. The best known example is the elaborate Rök runestone (c. 800) which alludes to legends from the migration age. The oldest...

the runestone. One or two other runestones in Sweden have similar invocations to Thor: Ög 136 in Rök and possibly Sö 140 at Korpbron. Other runestones in...

creatures. For instance, Gunnr's horse was a kenning for "wolf" on the Rök runestone, in the Lay of Hyndla, the völva Hyndla rides a wolf, and to Baldr's...

inscription in Uppland and the second longest one in Sweden after the Rök runestone. The inscription on the Hillersjö stone, which is 2.8 by 1.0 meters...