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Runestone: Täby (U 133)
Runestone, today part of the wall of Täby church. The inscription informs us that Guðlaug raised the stone for Holmi, her son who died in Lombardy.

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Not every item we receive is wholly serious. This runic banana is an excellent example of modern reuse and engagement with the past. It was left outside the World-Tree office by person or persons unknown.

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A banner at a festival with a rune on it.

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A set of runic bone pendants displayed on a wooden plaque that appears to be modeled on one in the National Museum of Ireland.

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A pseudo-runic code in Leeds is part of a mystery event where participants have to solve the clues

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This is a plaque outside the Sound Cafe overlooking the Calf Sound in the Isle of Man, commemorating the opening of the building by King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway. The plaque depicts a Viking longship from one of the Maughold stone crosses,…

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This leather faux-runic notice states that nordlysviking.com accepts credit cards. It says 'Vi tar kort' 'We accept credit cards'.

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A donation box in the Orkneyinga saga Centre in Orphir, Orkney, featuring an open-mouthed face (viking?) with accompanying runic inscription.

'The Orkneyinga saga Centre, Orphir, tells the story of the Norse Earls of Orkney using The Orkneyinga…

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Runic fragment from Noss (Br Sh7 M).Reading...-uko=ktuAccording to Rundata, found in 1994 during excavations of the medieval chapel and cemetery.Probably graffiti.

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This runic inscription can be found in the covered exterior passage, on the fourth wall-board to the right of the south portal. The inscription consists of five runes, two of which, according to Professor Magnus Olsen, may be disregarded as mere…

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Souvenir pencil with runes, seen in the gift shop of the Ribe VikingCenter

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Runic pendants displayed on an Oseberg ship-shaped display stand at Vikingskipshuset.

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Runic pins reading 'Orkney', on sale in a tourist shop in Kirkwall.

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A shot menu in Uppsala includes this runic drink.

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A runic sign at Tønsberg Viking Festival. It reads Heiðrún. Heiðrún was the goat that produced mead for the einherjar in Valhalla.

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Thirteenth century runic stone from Sandavágur Church in the Faroes. The inscription reads 'Þorkell Ônundar sonr, austmaðr af Rogalandi, bygði þenna stað fyrst.' Þorkell Ônundr's son, man of the east from Rogaland, lived in this place first…
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