# Oldest Rune found! **URL:** \ **Category:** Witchy Wisdom\ **Tags:** runes, divination\ **Created:** [January 18, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/oldest-rune-found/33700 "2023-01-18T20:18:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ValentinaMarie](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/valentinamarie/32/28412_2.png) [@ValentinaMarie](https://forum.spells8.com/u/ValentinaMarie)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/oldest-rune-found/33700/1 "2023-01-18T20:18:01Z")
Did anyone see this? It was in several news sites, yesterday. They found the oldest rune ever discovered in …I believe 2021. They were finally able to announce it, yesterday! Proof that the runes are at least 2,000 years old!! > **[World’s oldest runestone found in Norway, archaeologists say](https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jan/17/worlds-oldest-runestone-found-in-norway-archaeologists-say)** > > The 2,000-year-old inscription is among the earliest examples of runic writing Valentina ---
**Author:** ![Melora\_Fae](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/melora_fae/32/28180_2.png) [@Melora\_Fae](https://forum.spells8.com/u/Melora_Fae)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/oldest-rune-found/33700/2 "2023-01-18T21:28:18Z")
Oh wow that’s fascinating! I always wonder who the people were that made and wrote the things that archaeologists find. 🤔 What were their names? What did they look like? What were they doing that day, and what was going through their mind? It’s so crazy to try to wrap my head around the world having so much history around us and under our feet. So many people that have gone before. 👣 🌎 Lol okay, off of my day-dreamy soapbox! 📣 😅 thank you for sharing, this is neat! ---
**Author:** ![AileyGrey](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/65b543/32.png) [@AileyGrey](https://forum.spells8.com/u/AileyGrey)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 10:19pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/oldest-rune-found/33700/3 "2023-01-18T22:19:00Z")
That’s amazing! How very, very cool! Can you imagine having to sit quietly in information like that?? ---
**Author:** ![marsha](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/marsha/32/84702_2.png) [@marsha](https://forum.spells8.com/u/marsha)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/oldest-rune-found/33700/4 "2023-01-18T22:40:02Z")
That’s so interesting @ValentinaMarie Thanks so much for sharing! ---
**Author:** ![MeganB](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/meganb/32/42726_2.png) [@MeganB](https://forum.spells8.com/u/MeganB)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 11:47pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/oldest-rune-found/33700/5 "2023-01-18T23:47:45Z")
> [@AileyGrey](#): > > Can you imagine having to sit quietly in information like that?? I don’t know if I could do it 😂 This is an amazing piece of history and I can only imagine what it actually means. > Eight runes on the front of the stone read “idiberug” – which could be the name of a woman, a man or a family. I mean, we know what it says but it’s not like…what does it _actually_ mean 😆 ---
**Author:** ![CelestiaMoon](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/celestiamoon/32/17405_2.png) [@CelestiaMoon](https://forum.spells8.com/u/CelestiaMoon)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/oldest-rune-found/33700/6 "2023-01-19T00:04:57Z")
Very exciting! 😊 Here’s the original article in Norwegian, that has some pictures too > **[Fant 2000 år gammel runestein i Hole](https://www.nrk.no/kultur/fant-2000-ar-gammel-runestein-i-hole-1.16256351)** > > En runestein gravd frem i Hole kommune er trolig den eldste som er funnet noensinne. Funnet kan bety at runesteiner er eldre enn forskere tidligere har trodd. (Did you know that I can read Norwegian? Me neither, I think I kinda understood most of it with the Swedish I remember from school! 😅) There was an interesting point in the article, that the previous runestones they’ve found have neat, straight lines, carefully carved, but this one seems much more free hand, and I can see it. Maybe we’ll get to know what it all means, maybe not 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Susurrus](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/susurrus/32/47671_2.png) [@Susurrus](https://forum.spells8.com/u/Susurrus)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/oldest-rune-found/33700/7 "2023-01-19T14:52:16Z")
Ooo… this is really interesting & fascinating! I remember when they found & looked at the runic script found off of Martha’s Vineyard too! That was also fascinating & so intriguing for me… I love that they are finding all of these things & they have so much significance for us! 💞 > [@Worship with Odin and Loki](https://forum.spells8.com/t/worship-with-odin-and-loki/28347/6): > > There is a show called Expedition Unknown with Josh Gates & one of the series was about Vikings, the Norse, & Leif Erickson being off of Martha’s Vineyard. There is a rock 🪨 that in Elder Futhark says **“Leif Erickson was here”** _( or the equivalent of that)_ & the year carved into it… currently, it’s underwater from just erosion & ocean 🌊 changes & geographical changes… but they found it & have a picture of it. I will try to find the series of episodes about that discovery because it was about the Norse & Vikings possibly coming to the state of MA & Boston, MA & RI… but actually made it to this bow small wildlife sanctuary/protected island off of Martha’s Vineyard. I remember watching this with my husband in September last year. Sometimes the show has some amazing things on it that he explores! When my husband had seen that it was about Vikings & things he immediately thought of my oldest son & me! Great find & thank you @CelestiaMoon for the 2nd version too! 💕 ---
**Author:** ![Sarafeena\_Sage](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/sarafeena_sage/32/9861_2.png) [@Sarafeena\_Sage](https://forum.spells8.com/u/Sarafeena_Sage)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/oldest-rune-found/33700/8 "2023-01-19T17:10:41Z")
I saw that episode! It was great. Wasn’t that the one on an island and they had to scuba or snorkel to see it? I watch as many viking related things as I can find, even on the fiction side too. Vahalla’s second season just started on netflix. They are telling the story of Leif Erickson and Freydis. Its pretty good 😉 🦋 ---
**Author:** ![Susurrus](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/susurrus/32/47671_2.png) [@Susurrus](https://forum.spells8.com/u/Susurrus)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/oldest-rune-found/33700/9 "2023-01-19T22:00:21Z")
@Sarafeena_Sage yes! It’s an island off of Martha’s Vineyard that I believe is uninhabited now except for some wildlife, like a conservation island. So it was even more interesting because when I drive the coast I can see Martha’s Vineyard from the start of it on a clear day. I was so intrigued that it was basically right next to me & my son was just as intrigued as he works with the Norse. It was a neat episode because they went through different places in Boston & Rhode Island too. ---
**Author:** ![ValentinaMarie](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/valentinamarie/32/28412_2.png) [@ValentinaMarie](https://forum.spells8.com/u/ValentinaMarie)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/oldest-rune-found/33700/10 "2023-01-20T18:36:12Z")
I love learning all they are finding about ancient civilizations. They are finding older and older artifacts all the time! ---
**Author:** ![ValentinaMarie](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/valentinamarie/32/28412_2.png) [@ValentinaMarie](https://forum.spells8.com/u/ValentinaMarie)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/oldest-rune-found/33700/11 "2023-01-20T18:38:06Z")
How did I not know about this? My father was a captain with Hy-line and went to the islands, daily. This is so cool to know!!! ---
**Author:** ![Isabella13](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/isabella13/32/58113_2.png) [@Isabella13](https://forum.spells8.com/u/Isabella13)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/oldest-rune-found/33700/12 "2023-04-28T17:33:22Z")
Yes!!! I saw this episode as well!!! I was so excited, I was texting my sister and my husband telling them to watch it!! ---
**Author:** ![Susurrus](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/susurrus/32/47671_2.png) [@Susurrus](https://forum.spells8.com/u/Susurrus)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2023, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/oldest-rune-found/33700/13 "2023-04-28T18:20:52Z")
Lol… I called my son to come out of his room to watch it with us. 😆 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://spells8s3.b-cdn.net/original/2X/0/03a36f287b02af72f5e723fa061ccdee5315e712.png) [@system](https://forum.spells8.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/oldest-rune-found/33700/14 "2023-10-25T18:21:11Z")
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