The Gummarp Runestone, designated as DR 358, was a runestone from the Vendel era and which was located in the former village of Gummarp in the province of

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The Gummarp Runestone was removed and taken to

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, where it was destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1728. The runic inscription was recorded on reproductions of the runestone. It is classified as being in runestone style RAK. The runes read: h)AþuwolAfA Ate s)tA(b)A þr(i)a ff'' There are two interpretations of the text. One of them reads "Haþuwulfar placed three staves fff," and the other one assumes that the word ''apt'' meaning "after" was originally placed before the name Haþuwulfar which would change the meaning into "In memory of Haþuwulfar ..placed hesethree staves fff." The three f-runes have been interpreted as ideographic runes to be read "wealth, wealth, wealth". The Gummarp,

Istaby Runestone The Istaby Runestone, listed in the Rundata catalog as DR 359, is a runestone with an inscription in Proto-Norse which was raised in Istaby, Blekinge, Sweden, during the Vendel era (–790). Inscription Interpretation The Istaby, Stentoften ...

and

Stentoften Runestone The Stentoften Runestone, listed in the Rundata catalog as DR 357, is a runestone which contains a curse in Proto-Norse that was discovered in Stentoften, Blekinge, Sweden. Inscription English translation provided by Rundata: Inte ...

inscriptions can be identified with the same clan through the names that are mentioned on them, and the names are typical for chieftains. The

Björketorp Runestone The Björketorp Runestone (Rundata, DR 360 U) in Blekinge, Sweden. It is one of the world's tallest runestones measuring 4.2 metres in height. Inscription The runes were made in the 6th or the 7th century and in Proto-Norse language, Proto-Norse ...

lacks names and is raised some tens of kilometers from the others. However, it is beyond doubt that the Björketorp runestone is connected to them, because in addition to the special runic forms, the same message is given on the Stentoften Runestone. The name Haþuwulfar has the common

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name element of ''wulafa'' meaning "wolf" and ''heru'', which when combined in personal names, means a "host" or "magnitude." It has been suggested that the assignment of such a name is related to ritualistic practices and religious wolf-symbolism used in the initiation of young warriors. p. 125.

Inscription

:§QA ��ᚦᚢᚹᛟᛚᛡᚠᛡ :§QB ᛋᛡᛏᛖ :§QC ��ᛡ �� ᚦᚱ �� :§QD ᚠᚠᚠ A transliteration of the runes into roman letters is: :§QA .. (h)AþuwolAfA'' :§QB .. sAte'' :§QC .. (s)tA(b)A þr(i)a'' :§QD ff''Project Samnordisk Runtextdatabas Svensk
- Rundata.

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{{reflist, 2 Haþuwulf's runestones Proto-Norse language Runestones in Blekinge Historical runic magic Runic inscriptions with ideographic runes

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