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Runestone in Sporup parish, Favrskov Municipality, recorded in Fund og Fortidsminder, Denmark's national register, as locality 160111-51 (system no. 219597). Monuments dated 970–1020: 1 × Runestone.
Protection text (Danish): Sporup-sten.
Runesten af granit. Stenen er 135 cm høj, 75 cm bred og 35 cm tyk.
Indskriften er placeret på stenens bredside. Runerne er forvitrede og
medtagne.
Indskriften er omsluttet af en tyk pølseagtig slange. Indskriften lyder i
oversættelse: ”Thorkil Svidbalke rejste denne sten efter sin fader Toke,
han sk.... (ejede skib med/skulle... (?)”.
Opbevares i Sporup Kirke.
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Runestone
A raised stone carved with runes, usually a memorial to a named person and the family who raised it.
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