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District of Uppland. Färentuna Runestones (U 20, U 21 and U 22) Broby bro Runestones (U 135, U 136 and U 137) Hagby Runestones (U 152, U 153, U 154 and U 155) Lingsberg Runestones (U 240, U 241 and U 242) Hargs bro runic inscriptions (U 309, U 310 and U 311) Snottsta and Vreta stones (U 329, U 330, U 331 and U 332)
This article contains runic characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of runes. *Raidō "ride, journey" is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the r - rune of the Elder Futhark ᚱ. The name is attested for the same rune in all three rune poems, Old Norwegian Ræið Icelandic ...
The k - rune ᚲ (Younger Futhark ᚴ, Anglo-Saxon futhorc ᚳ) is called Kaun in both the Norwegian and Icelandic rune poems, meaning "ulcer". The reconstructed Proto-Germanic name is *Kauną. It is also known as Kenaz ("torch"), based on its Anglo-Saxon name. The Elder Futhark shape is likely directly based on Old Italic c (, 𐌂) and on ...
The Younger Futhark, also called Scandinavian runes, is a runic alphabet and a reduced form of the Elder Futhark, with only 16 characters, in use from about the 9th century, after a "transitional period" during the 7th and 8th centuries. The reduction, somewhat paradoxically, happened at the same time as phonetic changes that led to a greater ...
Runic calendar from the Estonian island of Saaremaa with each month on a separate wooden board. A Runic calendar (also Rune staff or Runic almanac) is a perpetual calendar, variants of which were used in Northern Europe until the 19th century. A typical runic calendar consisted of several horizontal lines of symbols, one above the other.
13 wounded. 19 missing [ 2] 9 killed [ 2] The Kittanning Expedition, also known as the Armstrong Expedition or the Battle of Kittanning, was a raid during the French and Indian War that led to the destruction of the American Indian village of Kittanning, which had served as a staging point for attacks by Lenape warriors against colonists in the ...
Very few Elder Futhark inscriptions in the Gothic language have been found in the territory historically settled by the Goths ( Wielbark culture, Chernyakhov culture ). Due to the early Christianization of the Goths, the Gothic alphabet replaced runes by the mid-4th century. There are about a dozen candidate inscriptions, and only three of them ...
The Rookie is an American police procedural television series created by Alexi Hawley for ABC. The series follows John Nolan, a man in his forties, who becomes the oldest rookie at the Los Angeles Police Department. The series is produced by ABC Studios and Entertainment One ; it is based on real-life Los Angeles Police Department officer William Norcross, who moved to Los Angeles in 2015 and ...