Talk:Runamo

A fact from Runamo appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 January 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that for seven centuries Runamo was famous in Scandinavia as a runic inscription until scientists determined it to be natural cracks in the rock?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/January.

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Description[edit]

Umm, can we get a description? Saxo's doesn't really tell me much; like, how big is it, how long, &c.? It's fascinating...i want to know more! Lindsay 09:17, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This article says that it is 34 "Danish ells". If a Danish ell is comparable to a Swedish ell, it is 17 metres long, or about 20 yards long.--Berig 09:28, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Amn't i reading Saxo correctly in talking about over hill-tops and along valley bottoms? That's gotta be more than 17 metres. Lindsay 20:28, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, you're right. I guess Saxo is talking of the entire dolerite dike (which may stretch for a very long distance), while the measurement I gave your refers to the famous stretch of "runes" that people visit. I haven't been there myself.--Berig 20:36, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why does this article exclude the most obvious fact, the text of the claimed poem itself?[edit]

Hildekinn received the kingdom.
Gard hewed out
Olè took the oath.
Odin consecrate these Runes!
May Ring get
A fall on the mould;
Elves, Gods of fidelity!
Olè hate.
Odin and Frey
And the Aser race
Destroy (destroy)
Our enemies
Grant to Harald
A great victory!
— Magnússon

Andy Dingley (talk) 01:25, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]