Kirkjubøur stone

Kirkjubøur stone
The stone as displayed in the National Museum of the Faroe Islands
WritingMedieval runes
CreatedViking Age
Discovered1832 AD
Kirkjubøur, Faroe Islands
Present locationFaroese National Museum
CultureNorse
Rundata IDFR 1
Text – Native
Old Norse: ... ... Vígulfi(?) unni róa.
Translation
... ... may grant peace to Vígulf.
The Kirkjubøur inscription can be seen in the background. The stone in the foreground is the Sandavágur stone.

The Kirkjubøur stone (FR 1) is a runestone found in the Saint Olav's church in Kirkjubøur, Faroe Islands. It was discovered in 1832 and is dated to the Viking Age.[1] Some state that it more specifically dates to the 9th century (probably about 865AD) and others that it dates from year 1000 CE.[2]

Today it is housed at the Faroese National Museum (Føroya Fornminnissavn) in Tórshavn together with other Faroese runestones.

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References

  1. ^ "www.faroestamps.fo". 2007-09-30. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2023-03-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ Young, G. V. C. (1979). From the Vikings to the Reformation : a chronicle of the Faroe Islands up to 1538. Douglas, Isle of Man: Shearwater Press. p. 107. ISBN 0-904980-20-0. OCLC 6660093.