rune-stone
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rune-stone
First recorded in 1850–55
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America: 1355-1364 attempts to pinpoint the American headquarters of the rune-stone party.
From Time Magazine Archive
What first caused Thalbitzer's doubt to waver was his study of the smaller Kingigtorssauq rune-stone discovered in 1823 near Upernavik in northern Greenland.
From Time Magazine Archive
"By sword upheld, King Belë in King's-hall stood, Beside him Thorstein Vikingson, that yeoman good, His battle-friend with almost a century hoary, And deep-marked like a rune-stone with scars of glory."
From Essays on Scandinavian Literature by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
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