Kensington Runestone
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The Kensington Runestone is a slab of greywacke stone covered in runes that was discovered in Western Minnesota, United States, in 1898. Olof Ohman, a Swedish immigrant, reported that he unearthed it
The stone on display in the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce and Runestone Museum
1948 marker where the stone was said to have been found.
Statue of "Big Ole the Viking" in Alexandria, Minnesota, proclaiming the city the "Birthplace of America," based on an assumed authenticity of the Kensington Stone
1911 bill of sale for the stone from Ohman to the Minnesota Historical Society
Geats
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The Geats, sometimes called Goths, were a large North Germanic tribe who inhabited Götaland in modern southern Sweden from antiquity until the Late Middle Ages. They are one of the progenitor groups o
Kensington Runestone
…The text translates to: "Eight Geats and twenty-two Norwegians on an exploration journey from Vinland to the west. We had camp by two skerries one day's journey north from this stone. We…
Geatish settlements during the 6th century, within the red lines. The green areas show the main areas of North Germanic settlement in Scandinavia.
Sveær egho konong at taka ok sva vrækæ and the following sentences in the Westrogothic law
Beowulf Cotton MS Vitellius A XV f. 132r