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1024:. Vol. 1. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. p. 693.
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246:Poetic Edda
151:Description
117:See article
112:Translation
1728:Categories
1376:Aars stone
1154:Runestones
980:References
696:<iu>
685:raki-ukutu
543:a(i)u(i)sl
267:Ostrogoths
229:The words
143:after the
88:Runemaster
64:Sparlösa,
59:Discovered
1653:Resources
1496:hallow":
1098:0079-8215
688:rægikundu
471:a-a-u--ba
450:Upsal(?),
375:---t---la
282:Christian
271:mausoleum
141:runestone
105:Old Norse
1341:and the
755:ui(u)-am
407:kialt(i)
255:peacocks
39:between
1665:Rundata
1582:Other:
1115:Rundata
876:broður,
860:Gunnar,
717:aliriku
648:Æivisl.
608:Æiriks.
605:airikis
584:Sigmarr
538:ugðt(?)
519:aslriku
321:airikis
284:faith.
277:of the
259:leopard
243:of the
240:Hávamál
223:Beowulf
214:Yngling
202:Uppsala
193:Uppsala
176:Gotland
133:Rundata
131:in the
77:Rundata
62:c. 1669
51:Created
36:Writing
1705:, and
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1604:Vg 119
1592:Ög 181
1588:Ög 136
1584:Sö 154
1579:DR 360
1575:DR 357
1571:DR 338
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1534:Sö 111
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1293:Sö 174
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479:…-ąmas
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324:Æiriks
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300:Æivisl
297:a⁑iuls
189:, the
129:Vg 119
82:Vg 119
70:Sweden
1641:Other
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1559:DR 83
1555:DR 81
1551:Vg 67
1542:DR 48
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812:Gisli
809:kisli
736:faði.
672:runaʀ
669:runąʀ
645:aiuis
600:maguʀ
597:makuʀ
592:hæiti
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527:lu--ʀ
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348:Alrik
332:sunʀ,
279:Arian
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187:Alrik
164:elder
41:Elder
1596:Öl 1
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1394:U 15
1273:1028
1094:ISSN
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712:svað
709:suaþ
704:þar,
621:þuną
589:aiti
490:nætʀ
487:nątu
466:svað
463:suaþ
426:a(?)
391:rau-
329:sunʀ
308:gaf,
206:Eric
185:and
183:Eric
166:and
123:The
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664:rað
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