Rune Workshop Handout

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Ráþ þat — Viking Age Runes
Eyja Bassadóttir

 

• c. 160: Vimose Comb inscription (Proto-Norse; oldest Elder Futhark)
• 6th-7th c.: Björketorp & Stentoften Runestones (Proto-Norse, blend)
• c. 620-650: Sutton Hoo burial
• c. 650-700: Setre Comb inscription (blend of Elder & Younger Futhark)
• 793: Lindisfarne
• c. early 9th c.: Rök runestone (Old East Norse; Elder, Younger, Cipher)
• 845: Vikings ransom Paris
• c. 850: Östergötland 43 (Old East Norse; 1 Elder rune, Younger Futhark)
• 862: Riurik & Rus rule in Novgorod
• 867: Great Army takes East Anglia
• c. 870: landfall of Iceland
• c. 879: Danelaw boundaries drawn up, Oleg seizes control of Kiev
• c. 895-890: Battle of Hafrsfjǫrðʀ
• c. 900: Gokstad ship burial
• 911: Rollo/Hrólfʀ given Rouen
• 922: Ibn Falen journeys in Rus lands
• 958: Gormʀ buried in Jelling complex by son, Harald Bluetooth
• c. 980: Trelleborg fortress constructed
• 985: landfall of Greenland
• 1001: landfall Vínland/Newfoundland
• 1008: Danelaw term first documented
• 1066: Battle of Stamford Bridge
• 1117-8: Grágas written

 

• Viking Age in England 795-1066
• Viking Age in Scandinavia 750-1050
• Viking Age in Russia 750-1200

 

• Old Norse language c. 600-1300
  –> Old Icelandic, Old Norwegian, Old Danish, Old Swedish, etc.