Odendisa Runestone
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| Name | Odendisa Runestone |
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| Rundata ID | Vs 24 |
| Country | Sweden |
| Region | Västmanland |
| City/Village | Fläckebo Parish |
| Produced | c. 1050 |
| Runemaster | Red-Balli |
| Text - Native | |
| Old Norse : Boandi goðr Holmgautr let ræisa æftiR Oðindisu, kunu sina. KumbR hifrøya til Hasvimyra æigi bætri, þan byi raðr. Rauð-BalliR risti runiR þessaR. SigmundaR vaR [Oðindisa] systiR goð. | |
| Text - English | |
| The good husbandman Holmgautr had (the stone) raised in memory of Óðindísa, his wife. There will come to Hassmyra no better housewife, who arranges the estate. Red-Balli carved these runes. Óðindísa was a good sister to Sigmundr. | |
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| Runestones - Runic alphabet - Runology - Runestone styles | |
The Odendisa Runestone (Swedish: Odendisastenen), sometimes called the Hassmyra Runestone, is a runestone erected at Hassmyra, Västmanland, Sweden. The stone contains a poem in fornyrðislag and is one of few runestones raised for a woman.
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Note that she was the one "who arranges the estate". It is a reference to the centrality of women in early medieval Scandinavian ("Viking") society where the woman was in charge of the estates and the homesteads and wore the keys of the buildings.
Odendisa (Old Norse: Óðindísa) meaning "goddess of Odin" is a unique name and is not known from any other source. Also the name of her husband is very rare. Red-Balli was a famous runemaster who was active in the region around lake Mälaren in the 11th century.
In modern times, the stone is mentioned as early as the 1660s. According to tradition, a farmer discovered it when he plowed the field. A few years later it cracked into two parts, but it was mended in 1900 and raised anew at its present location.
