Kirkjubøur stone | |
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The Kirkjubøur inscription can be seen in the background. The stone in the foreground is the Sandavágur stone.
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Rundata ID | FR 1 |
Country | Faroe Islands |
City/Village | Kirkjubøur |
Produced | Viking age |
Text – Native |
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Old Norse: ... ... Vígulfi(?) unni róa. | |
Text – English | |
... ... may grant peace to Vígulf. | |
Other resources | |
Runestones – Runic alphabet Runology – Runestone styles |
The Kirkjubøur stone (FR 1) is a runestone found in the Saint Olav's church in Kirkjubøur, Faroe Islands. It was discovered in 1832 and is dated to the Viking Age. Today it is housed at the Faroese National Museum (Føroya Fornminnissavn) in Tórshavn together with other Faroese runestones.