Snoldelev Stone
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| Name: | Snoldelev Stone |
| Rundata ID: | DR 248 |
| Country: | Denmark |
| Region: | Ramsø |
| City/Village: | Currently Copenhagen, originally Snoldelev |
| Produced: | 9th century |
| Runemaster: | unknown |
| Text - Native: | |
| kunualstain sunaR / ruhalts þular asalhauku[m] | |
| Text - English: | |
| the stone of Gunvaldr, the son of Runaldr, thul on the Sal-howes | |
| Other resources: | |
| Rune stones - Runic alphabet | |
The Viking Age (Younger Futhark) runestone at Snoldelev, Ramsø, Denmark, dated to ca. 800, is decorated with a design of three drinking horns interlocking as incomplete Borromean rings (similar to the Diane de Poitiers three crescents emblem), and a swastika. The triple horn motif has been compared to a triskelion, or to the "heart of Hrungnir" (Valknut) symbol. The inscription reads
- kunualstain sunaR / ruhalts þular asalhauku[m]
- "the stone of Gunvaldr, the son of Runaldr, thul on the Sal-howes"
Thul signifies some office or rank, perhaps a priest or a skald, compare Old Norse þula "litany". The translation offered by the Rundata project suggests reciter:
- Gunnvaldr's stone, Hróaldr's son, reciter of Salhaugar
The stone is now on display at the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The triple horn motif on the stone was adopted by the Asatru Folk Assembly as its official logo in October 2006.
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 Detail of swastika found on the stone. |
