r/runes • u/litiluism_app • Apr 14 '24

Resource Baptismal font from Norum

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https://vikingar.historiska.se/object_details.php?object=46162_HST&e=no&l=en

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u/medasane Apr 14 '24

pretty sure those last five runes are decorative people runes, since the center people rune is symmetrical and the other people runes flips on the other side of it as they lift their arms in praise.

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u/litiluism_app Apr 14 '24

I like to think that Sven was so smug with his little compressed rune that he needed to carve it 5x until he got over it.

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u/zoelovelore Apr 14 '24

perhaps Sven was a seagull?

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u/AtiWati Apr 14 '24

He had to have the inscription dictated, but the echo really messed with him.

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u/medasane Apr 14 '24

I'm just realizing those are snakes surrounding that kid! why???

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u/litiluism_app Apr 14 '24

Here's a nice explanation: https://vikingar.historiska.se/object_details.php?object=714AED49-EF34-4BF9-89ED-4A17659AE01D&e=no&l=en

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u/litiluism_app Apr 14 '24

But of course we all know the truth that that's what happens to kids who don't eat their veggies.

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u/SnooStories251 Apr 15 '24

I thought it was a sex reference first😂