Einang stone

Einang stone
Name	Einang stone
Country	Norway
Region	Gardberg site
City/Village	Fagernes
Produced	4th century
Runemaster	Gudgjest
Text - Native
Proto-Norse: (Ek go)ðagastiz runo faihido
Text - English
(I, Gu)dgjest inscribed the runes
Other resources
Runestones - Runic alphabet - Runology - Runestone styles v

The Einang stone (Einangsteinen) is a runestone near Fagernes, Norway. It bears an Elder Futhark inscription in Proto-Norse, dated to the 4th century. It is the oldest runestone still standing at its original location, and it may be the earliest inscription to mention the name runo "rune", possibly, as it appears in the singular, still used in the original sense "secret".

Composite photograph of the inscription

The inscription reads:

(Ek go)ðagastiz runo faihido

Which translates as:

(I, Gu)dgjest inscribed the runes

The first four letters have not survived and are conjectured, the personal name may have been Gudagastiz, or similar.

The Einang runestone is located within the Gardberg site.

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• Official site - in Norwegian