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II. Runic inscriptions in the 9-10:th century As shown in the statement of Grumpan-bracteate
and the Blekinge runic-stones in the preceding we have seen, that the forms of the runes,
their significance and the number gradually underwent changes.
These changes continued, and at the beginning of the 800s, when the Viking Age began,
number of runes is found to be limited to 16 and of the Primitive Norse runes persisted only h and m,
which also soon changed shape. |
Inscriptions on short twig runes found in Östergötland, the
Gotland, in Södermanland, Uppland, Gävleborg, Öland,
southern Norway and the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea,
where the Vikings had a Norwegian kingdom.
Because of this expansion the short-twig runes is called by
O. v. Friesen for "Swedish-Norwegian,"
and summarized that have developed out of the Primitive Norse .
The presence on the Rök-stone of the three "T" from the
16-characters runic alphabet and the archaic Sparlösa stone
from Västergötland with very long runes,
as well as a type of short written c. 900, and with one short-twig type,
showing that the 16-characters runic alphabet
was known in our country at the same time as short-twig runes. |
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