It is highly illustrative of the tenacity with which the ancient sepulchral usages were retained even after the introduction of Christianity that King Harold, son and successor of Gorm the Old, who is said to have christianized all Denmark and Norway, followed the pagan custom of erecting a chambered tumulus over the remains of his father, on the summit of which was placed a rude pillar-stone, bearing on one side the memorial inscription in runes, and on the other a representation of the Saviour of mankind distinguished by the crossed nimbus surrounding the head. [Please select]
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Runes were primitive letters of the old northern alphabet. [Please select]
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Beautiful were those battle-maidens and fearless; wise were they also, for to them Odin showed the Runes of Wisdom. [Please select]
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Nevertheless, to her Odin All-Father had shown more of the Runes of Wisdom than he had shown to any of her sisters. [Please select]
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Regin began to talk, but his speech was old and strange and filled with runes. [Please select]
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"It is written in the runes, and it must be so." [Please select]
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Vidar and Vali found in the grass the golden tablets on which were inscribed the runes of wisdom of the elder Gods. [Please select]
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The runes told them of a heaven that was above Asgard, of Gimli, that was untouched by Surtur's fire. [Please select]
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On it were strange marks, called runes, that said: "Olaf, thrall of Halfdan." [Please select]
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The Runes were in beautiful preservation, and looked as fresh as if they had just come out of the workshop of Orokoin Gaut. [Please select]
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