Kingittorsuaq Runestone
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| Name | Kingittorsuaq Runestone |
| Rundata ID | GR 1 M |
| Country | Greenland |
| Region | Sermersooq |
| City/Village | Nuuk |
| Produced | Middle Ages |
| Runemaster | Unknown |
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| Erlingr Sighvats sonr ok Bjarni Þórðar sonr ok Eindriði Odds sonr laugardagin fyrir gagndag hlóðu varða þe[ssa] ok ... ... | |
| Text - English | |
| Erling Sigvatsson, Bjarne Thordarson and Enride Oddson Saturday before gangdag (April 25th) made these stone cairns | |
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The Kingittorsuaq Runestone (old spelling: Kingigtorssuaq), listed as GR 1 in the Rundata catalog, is a runestone that was found on Kingittorsuaq Island, an island in the Upernavik Archipelago in northwestern Greenland.
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[edit] Description
The Kingittorsuaq Runestone was found in 1824 in a group of three cairns that formed an equilateral triangle on top of the mountain on a small Kingittorsuaq Island in the south-central part of the Upernavik Archipelago. The stone is now located at the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen.
The stone has been dated to the Middle Ages. The Catholic Encyclopedia states the date as April 25, 1135. William Thalbitzer dates the stone to 1314 using pentadic numerals. Others have dated the stone between 1250 and 1333.[1]
The last part of the runic inscription is not transcribed as it apparently is a group of meaningless characters, which some believe contains a secret message.[1]
[edit] Transliteration of runic text into Latin letters
- ÷ el=likr * sikuaþs : so=n:r * ok * baan=ne : torta=r son : ¶ ÷ ok enriþi * os son : laukardak*in : fyrir * gakndag ¶ hloþu * ua=rda te * ok rydu : ??????[2]
literal translation to old norse
Erlingur Sigvaðs sonur og baarne Þorðarson og enriði ás son , laugardagin fyrir gakndag hloðu varða thessa og ryðu..
literal translation to english
Erlingur the son of Sigvaths and Baarne Thordars son and Enriði Ás son, Washingday (Saturday) before the day of work, raised this mound and rode...
[edit] References
- ^ a b Enterline, James Robert (2002). Erikson, Eskimos & Columbus: Medieval European Knowledge of America. Center for American Places (illustrated ed.). JHU Press. pp. 127–129. ISBN 080186660X. http://books.google.com/books?id=Pr-s7MrkBW8C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 07-02-2009.
- ^ Project Samnordisk Runtextdatabas Svensk - Rundata entry for GR 1.
