Runstenarnas sociala dimension

The Seventh International Symposium on Runes and Runic Inscriptions; Oslo, Norway; 9–14 August 2010, Henrik Williams, 1958- (Författare)

URI http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-213050, URN urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-213050

Uppsala universitet Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet (Utgivare)

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2013

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Futhark · ISSN 1892-0950

4, 61-76

Bidrag, Onlineresurs

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Humanities and the Arts, Languages and Literature, Specific Languages, Humaniora och konst, Språk och litteratur, Språkstudier, Nordiska språk, Scandinavian Languages, Runestones, social status, runic monuments, Viking Age culture

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Sammanfattning

A case is made for defining runology as runic philology, the ultimate goal of which is to arrive at a “basic” interpretation of rune-texts. Scandinavian runestones from the Viking Age are not, however, only sources for old languages and writing practices. They may tell us much about contemporary cultures and the social role played therein by runic monuments, information which may in turn be used to understand better the texts themselves. A discussion is offered of the different angles from which the social aspects might be studied: stone types, monument location, carving technique and ornamentation, monument status levels, runic usage, phonology, morphology, as well as lexemes, including names.