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	<title>The Viking Rune: All Things Norse &#187; Runes</title>
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	<description>Viking Symbols and Norse Runes in the Heathen Germanic Culture</description>
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		<title>Runestones of the Viking Age</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Runestones are stones with runic inscriptions. The eldest runestones, inscribed with Elder Futhark inscriptions, date from the 4th century. However, the most of the runestones were created during the late Viking Age and thus inscribed with the Younger Futhark runes. The runestones were usually erected to commemorate one or several deceased kinsmen, and in most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Germanic Names in the Eldest Runic Inscriptions</title>
		<link>http://www.vikingrune.com/2010/07/germanic-names-runic-inscriptions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Male Names Ado &#8211; Gammertingen (Baden-Württemberg, Germany), ivory box. Adujislu &#8211; Westeremden A (Groningen, Netherlands), weaving-slay of yew-wood. Meaning: ādu- &#60; *auda, &#8216;wealth&#8217; and -jīslu &#60; *gīsalaz, &#8216;hostage&#8217; or &#8216;offspring&#8217;. Aebi &#8211; Schwangau (Bayern, Germany), gilt-silver buckle. Æko &#8211; Chessel Down II (Isle of Wight), silver plate. Æniwulufu &#8211; Folkestone (Kent, England), gold tremissis. Meaning: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Norse Rune Symbols and the Third Reich</title>
		<link>http://www.vikingrune.com/2009/07/norse-runic-third-reich-symbols/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of the symbols treated in this article may be interpreted as pointing to Nazi ideology in certain contexts. Their use in the present article has nothing to do with it. Any such connotations are a recent development as compared to the long history of the most of these signs. Below both their original meaning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rune Stone Used as Parking Lot Border</title>
		<link>http://www.vikingrune.com/2009/05/runestone-parking-lot-border/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 08:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last fall an area near a church outside Stockholm, Sweden was excavated in order to lay some cables. The workers dug out some rocks, which were left on the plot. One of these rocks covered with mud and earth was thought to be quite fitting for use as a church parking lot border. Week after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jelling Rune Stones Remain Outdoors</title>
		<link>http://www.vikingrune.com/2009/03/jelling-stones-remain-outdoors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Jelling stones are two massive runestones standing in a churchyard in Jelling, Denmark, between two large mounds. Both date to the 10th century. The older and the smaller of the two was erected by Gorm the Old in memory of his wife Thyra. The Larger stone was erected by Harald Bluetooth in memory of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Rune Converter</title>
		<link>http://www.vikingrune.com/2009/03/the-rune-converter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:35:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just added a page with a new feature: the Rune Converter. One can input a word or phrase, press the &#8220;convert&#8221; button and get the same sequence of signs in runes. So the converter transforms the letters of the Roman alphabet into runic writing. What distinguishes it among similar scripts is its extended functionality: there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Norse Viking Symbol &#8211; Horn Triskelion</title>
		<link>http://www.vikingrune.com/2009/01/viking-symbol-three-horns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three interlocked drinking horns is an important Norse Viking symbol. It seems to be closely related the Valknut and Triquetra and is often referred to as the Horn Triskelion. A triskelion (or triskele) is a symbol with threefold rotational symmetry (such symmetry means that a figure, which has it, looks the same after a certain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elder Futhark &#8211; Inner Structure</title>
		<link>http://www.vikingrune.com/2008/12/elder-futhark-code/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Countless &#8220;introductions to runes&#8221; each represent the Germanic Elder Futhark in a standardized form, both as for the appearance of the individual runes and the order in which they are arranged (my earlier post on the Elder Futhark is no exception). However, we should be aware of the fact that getting the real picture implies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Magic Runes</title>
		<link>http://www.vikingrune.com/2008/12/magic-runes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vikingrune.com/2008/12/magic-runes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Among the most ancient Elder Futhark inscriptions there are a few words that appear pretty often, but what they actually mean is unclear. According to a subtle remark by R. I. Page, in runology, like in too many other knowledge areas, the following principle has been extensively used as a guideline: &#8220;Whatever cannot be readily [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Runic Love Quotes</title>
		<link>http://www.vikingrune.com/2008/12/runic-love-quotes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fire of 1955 destroyed part of Bryggen, the old quarter of Bergen (Norway). This made possible large scale excavations of a medieval town. Archeologists brought to light over 550 objects with runic inscriptions, dating to 1150-1350. The most of them are on wooden sticks with flattened sides. At a time when everyone had a [...]]]></description>
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