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Gunderup Runestone

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The runic text states that it was raised by Tóki in memory of his step-father who was either named Api or Ebbi and of his mother Tófa. It is one of only two runestones in Denmark that memorialize both parents, the second being the now-lost DR 201 from Allerup. That stepsons did not usually inherit
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The Gunderup Runestone was first documented in 1629 as being located on a hill, but was later used for construction materials. The stone is granite and has a height of 2.46 meters. The inscription consists of two sections of runic text and is classified as being carved in
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RAK. This is the classification for inscriptions where the ends of the runic bands are straight and do not have any beast or serpent heads attached. The inscription is dated as being carved in 900-960.
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under local law is indicated by the text, which goes on to indicate that Api/Ebbi made Tóki his heir through some process. The text also describes the father as being
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from Tjuvstigen. A thegn was a class of retainer, and about fifty memorial runestones in Denmark and Sweden mention that the deceased was a thegn.
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Sawyer, Birgit; Sawyer, Peter (2003). "A Gormless History? The Jelling Dynasty Revisited". In Heizmann, Wilhelm; van Nahl, Astrid (eds.).
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Tóki raised these stones and made this monument in memory of Api/Ebbi, his kinsman-by-marriage, a good thane, and
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Tófa, his mother. Both of them lie in this mound. Api/Ebbi granted Tóki his wealth after himself.
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The Viking-Age Rune-Stones: Custom and Commemoration in Early Medieval Scandinavia
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A site on Danish runic inscriptions from the Viking Age.
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"Gunderup-sten 1"
Runica Germanica Mediaevalia
ISBN
3-11-017778-1
The Viking-Age Rune-Stones: Custom and Commemoration in Early Medieval Scandinavia
ISBN
0-19-820643-7
Project Samnordisk Runtextdatabas Svensk
Rundata
A site on Viking women.
A site on Danish runic inscriptions from the Viking Age.
56°56′29″N 10°00′54″E / 56.9415°N 10.0151°E / 56.9415; 10.0151
Categories
Runestones in Denmark
Runestones raised in memory of women
10th-century inscriptions

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