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it is by no means certain that the inscriptions on all four sides of this stick belong to the same charm. A and B look like part of a protective charm against demons, while C and D seem to be love-magic of the most forbidden kind. However, it remains possible that they represent two contrary aspects
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1380×90 according to John McKinnell, Rudolf Simek and Klaus Duwel, Runes, Magic and
Religion: A Sourcebook, Studia Medievalia Septentrionalia, 10 (Vienna: Fassbaender, 2004), p. 131; but an earlier fourteenth-century date was proposed by the chief excavator: Lorenzo Lozzi Gallo, 'On the
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Larrington's footnote: unes were the pre-Christian writing system in
Scandinavia. Each rune represented both a sound (e.g. ‘h’) and a concept (e.g. ‘hail’ for the ‘h’ rune); they could be used for magical purposes, both for good and evil. See the
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e=k sende=r : þer : ek se a þe=r : ylhia=r : e=rhi o=k oþola : a þe=r : rini : uþole : a=uk : i(a)luns : moþ : sittu : ald=ri : sop þu : ald=r(i)
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I send to you, I look at you (= cast on you with the evil eye): wolfish evil and hatefulness. May unbearable distress and 'ioluns' misery take effect on you. Never shall you sit, never shall you sleep,
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The stave is four-sided, with text on each side, but one end is missing, leaving the text of each side incomplete. It is dated to ca. 1335, making it roughly contemporary to the
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rist e=k : bot:runa=r : rist : e=k biabh:runa=r : eæin:fa=l uiþ : a=luom : tuiua=lt uiþ : t=rolom : þreua=lt : uiþ : þ(u)--
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a=nt : mer : sem : sialpre : þer : beirist : rubus : rabus : eþ : arantabus : laus : abus : rosa : ga=ua --
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John McKinnell, Rudolf Simek and Klaus Duwel, Runes, Magic and
Religion: A Sourcebook, Studia Medievalia Septentrionalia, 10 (Vienna: Fassbaender, 2004), pp. 131-32 ;
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John McKinnell, Rudolf Simek and Klaus Duwel, Runes, Magic and
Religion: A Sourcebook, Studia Medievalia Septentrionalia, 10 (Vienna: Fassbaender, 2004), pp. 131-32 .
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John McKinnell, Rudolf Simek and Klaus Duwel, Runes, Magic and
Religion: A Sourcebook, Studia Medievalia Septentrionalia, 10 (Vienna: Fassbaender, 2004), p. 132.
679:
uiþ e=nne : skøþo : skah : ua=lkyrriu : sua:at : eæi mehi : þo:at æ uili : læuis : kona : liui : þinu g- -
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ek sendi {} þér, {} ek sé á þér, {} ylgjar {} ergi ok úþola. {} Á þér {} hríni {} úþoli {} ok {} ioluns(?) {} móð. {} Sittu {} aldri, {} sof þú {} aldri …
18:
1724:, Elves in Anglo-Saxon England: Matters of Belief, Health, Gender and Identity, Anglo-Saxon Studies, 8 (Woodbridge: Boydell, 2007), p. 134.
1552:, 27 (1964), 5–53, reproduced in Stephen A. Mitchell, ‘Anaphrodisiac Charms in the Nordic Middle Ages: Impotence, Infertility and Magic’,
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It has been noted that the inscription has close parallels to magic charms found in eddic poetry, especially verse 36 of the poem
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Ríst ek {} bótrúnar, {} ríst {} ek bjargrúnar, {} einfalt við {} alfum, {} tvífalt við {} trollum, {} þrífalt {} við {} þurs,
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I cut runes of help; I cut runes of protection; once against the elves, twice against the trolls, thrice against the ogres …
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ant {} mér {} sem {} sjalfri {} þér. {} Beirist(?) {} rubus {} rabus {} et {} arantabus {} laus {} abus {} rosa {} gaua …
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As normalised and edited by McKinnell, Simek and Düwel, and 'somewhat tentatively' translated by Hall, the charm reads:
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of the same spell – a blessing if the woman gives her love to the carver combined with a curse if she refuses it.
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against the harmful 'skag'-valkyrie, so that she never shall, though she ever would-evil woman!-(injure) your life …
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við inni {} skoðu {} skag(?) {} valkyrju, {} svát {} ei megi, {} þótt æ vili, {} lævís {} kona, {} lífi {} þínu g, …
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They point out that the addressee of side D is a woman, on account of the feminine form
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There is a photograph of a detail of the stave in Aslak Liestøl, ‘Runer frå Bryggen’,
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is given as the name of this rune in the
Norwegian Rune Poem, v. 3.
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1703:, Department of Scandinavian Languages, Uppsala University, 2020
1649:, Beatrice la Farge, Eve Picard, Ilona Priebe and Katja Schulz,
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http://journals.lub.lu.se/index.php/anf/article/view/11627
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ua=lkyrriu : sua:at : eæi mehi : þo:at
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210:It is thought to date from the fourteenth century.
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1435:In the view of McKinnell, Simek and Düwel,
1501:lewdness and frenzy and unbearable desire;
168:. It is noted for its similarities to the
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1653:(Heidelberg: Winter, 1997–), II 136-37.
1550:Viking: Tidsskrift for norrøn arkeologi
1388:so that you may have no power of action
1243:(that you) love me as yourself. and …
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1651:Kommentar zu den Liedern der Edda
1575:rist e=k : bot:runa=r :
1556:, 41 (1998), 19-42 (p. 29).
242:, and translation for the stick:
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1464:'s 1932 edition of the poem and
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1403:May restlessness come over you
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1678:Arkiv för nordisk filologi
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1497:“Ogre” I carve for you
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1482:ęrgi ok œði ok óþola,
1350:I carve remedy-runes,
1318:ylgjar ergi ok óþola.
1755:Bryggen inscriptions
1505:as I carved that on,
1347:Possible translation
1280:tvífalt við tröllum,
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1486:sem ek þat á ręist,
1466:Carolyne Larrington
1276:ríst ek bjargrúnar,
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1722:Alaric Hall
1707:December 5,
1316:ek sé á þér
1266:Edited text
1248:Translation
317:bjargrúnar,
226:Inscription
214:Description
170:Eddaic poem
145:Translation
37: /
1744:Categories
1631:References
1458:Skírnismál
1417:Never sit,
1301:lævís kona
1097:Beirist(?)
520:ua=lkyrriu
274:bot:runa=r
179:love magic
174:Skírnismál
90:Discovered
22:60°23′53″N
1452:Parallels
1303:lífi þínu
1161:arantabus
1158:arantabus
897:ioluns(?)
523:valkyrju,
330:eæin:fa=l
277:bótrúnar,
138:Old Norse
25:5°19′12″E
1431:Theories
1408:jǫtunn’s
1383:valkyrja
1380:‘?skag’-
982:ald=r(i)
894:i(a)luns
410:þreua=lt
397:trollum,
370:tuiua=lt
85:ca. 1335
1560:Gallery
1446:sjalfri
1094:beirist
1065:sjalfri
1062:sialpre
774:ylhia=r
702:sende=r
507:skag(?)
413:þrífalt
394:t=rolom
373:tvífalt
333:einfalt
201:Rundata
199:in the
188:in the
118:Rundata
107:Culture
97:Bryggen
82:Created
72:Writing
1674:ialuns
1554:Norveg
1544:Images
1413:iotuns
1405:and a
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124:N B257
101:Bergen
1364:trõll
1357:álfar
1222:ga=ua
1129:rabus
1126:rabus
1113:rubus
1110:rubus
985:aldri
929:Sittu
926:sittu
865:úþoli
862:uþole
849:hríni
806:oþola
790:e=rhi
705:sendi
627:kona,
611:lævís
608:læuis
595:vili,
576:þo:at
563:megi,
491:skoðu
488:skøþo
472:e=nne
445:þurs,
162:runic
160:is a
111:Norse
1709:2021
1535:þurs
1531:þurs
1225:gaua
1209:rosa
1206:rosa
1193:abus
1190:abus
1177:laus
1174:laus
1081:þér.
1014:a=nt
913:móð.
878:a=uk
846:rini
830:þe=r
793:ergi
761:þér,
758:þe=r
721:þér,
659:þínu
656:þinu
643:lífi
640:liui
624:kona
592:uili
579:þótt
560:mehi
539:svát
504:skah
475:inni
293:ríst
290:rist
253:Ríst
250:rist
230:The
156:The
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1049:sem
1046:sem
1033:mér
1030:mer
1017:ant
961:sof
958:sop
910:moþ
833:þér
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718:þer
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552:eæi
467:við
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426:uiþ
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378:uiþ
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