There is also a peculiar ᛒ-rune in this carving, with 2 ᛒ on top of each other. The archaeologists in Norway have translated the rune carving into “Idiberug”, which is speculated to be a woman's name, or maybe a family name. Since it was carved so long ago, the language it is carved in is so far away from the one that was spoken during the Viking Age, which makes it much harder to translate. It is named after its place of origin and has the name the Svingerudstone.Īround 2000 years ago someone put time and effort into carving these elder futhark runes into this stone, and then putting it into a grave.

Which makes it the oldest runestone ever to be found (with proof of its age). The grave’s insides are dated to around the years 0-250 A.D.

Thanks to science and the lovely C-14 method, the archaeologists could successfully date the burned bones and charcoal found next to this stone. In one of the graves containing burned bones and charcoal, they also found a stone. The archaeologists had a task of conducting a dig of a grave field found in Svingerud by the Tyrifjord. What was found in Svingerud, Norway in 2021 is such a discovery. I am sorry, but a play on words was necessary with this happy news! There has been a huge discovery in terms of runestones, and I feel it is my obligation and big pleasure to provide you guys with what we know so far about it!Įvery now and then, scientists make huge discoveries that throw everything written into history books straight out of the window.

Elder futhark runes translation