Scandinavian Runic-text Database

SND-ID: ext0079-1.

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Lena Peterson - Uppsala University, Department of Scandinavian Languages

Lennart Elmevik - Uppsala University, Department of Scandinavian Languages

Henrik Williams - Uppsala University, Department of Scandinavian Languages

Research principal

Uppsala University - Department of Scandinavian Languages rorId

Description

The database contains all Nordic runic text, including ones found outside of the Nordic countries. The text are provided in transliterised and normalised form, plus translated to English. Attached to the texts is information on time period, area of discovery, excerpt source, object type, image links, geographic coordinates etc. A variety of different searches can be made in the text files using specially designed software. The database contains approximately 6500 scriptures. Together with search programs and a user manual the database can be locally downloaded to your own computer.
Lacks the Dala scriptures,

Purpose:

The aim of the project has been to collect all Nordic rune-texts, including those found outside the Nordic countries, in a machine-readable format for the benefit of a number of disciplines.

Data contains personal data

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Language

Method and outcome

Time period(s) investigated

0200 – 1523

Data format / data structure

Data collection
Language resources

Resource type

Corpus

Foreseen use

Human use
Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway, United Kingdom

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit

Department of Scandinavian Languages

Contributor(s)

Marco Bianchi - Uppsala University, Department of Scandinavian Languages

Magnus Källström - Swedish National Heritage Board, Förvaltningsavdelningen

Topic and keywords

Research area

History (CESSDA Topic Classification)

History and archaeology (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

History (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Archaeology (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Languages and literature (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

General language studies and linguistics (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Specific languages (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Publications

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Elmevik, Lennart och Peterson, Lena, 1997: Samnordisk runtextdatabas: slutrapport. I: Nytt om runer 12. S. 33-34.
ISSN: 0801-3756

Peterson, Lena, 1994: Scandinavian Runic-text Database: a Presentation. Im: The Twelfth Viking Congress. Developments Around the Baltic and North Sea in the Viking Age. Ed. Björn Ambrosiani & Helen Clarke. Stockholm. (Birka studies 3.) pp. 305-309.
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Williams, H. och Lagman, S. (1989) Beskrivning av datorlagringen av det vikingatida runmaterialet. I Runrön 1. Uppsala: Institutionen för nordiska språk vid Uppsala universitet

Källström, Magnus, 2005: Gamla och nya vägar till Sveriges runinskrifter. En kritisk översikt av källpublikationerna för svenska runtexter. I: Historisk tidskrift 2005:2. S. 300-308.

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