Gummarp Runestone
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| Name: | Gummarp Runestone |
| Rundata ID: | DR 358 |
| Country: | Sweden |
| Region: | Blekinge |
| City/Village: | Gummarp |
| Produced: | 500-700AD |
| Runemaster: | Unknown |
| Text - Native: | |
| Proto-Norse : HaþuwulfR/HaþuwulfaR satte staba þria fff. | |
| Text - English: | |
| Haþuwulfar placed three staves fff. | |
| Other resources: | |
| Rune stones - Runic alphabet | |
The Gummarp Runestone was a runestone from the Vendel era and which was located in Gummarp, in the province of Blekinge, Sweden.
The runes read: [(h)AþuwolAfA] [sAte] [(s)tA(b)A þr(i)a] [fff]
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 [these] three staves fff".
The Gummarp, Istaby Runestone and Stentoften Runestone 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 lacks names and is raised some tens of km 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.
