7th century: "I, master of the runes(?) conceal here runes of power. Incessantly (plagued by) maleficence,(doomed to) insidious death (is) he who breaks this (monument)."

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• AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This place is not a place of honor. No highly esteemed deed is commemorated here. Nothing valued is here. What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is a warning about danger. The danger is still present, in your time, as it was in ours.

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• lime@feddit.nu ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  where is this? doesn’t look like any runestone i’ve ever seen. there should be remnants of a border visible at the bottom.

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  • infeeeee@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Björketorp_Runestone

    The Björketorp Runestone (DR 360 U) in Blekinge, Sweden.

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    • lime@feddit.nu ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      huh, the interpretation of the ur-nordic listed on the swedish wiki is basically “if you ruin my rock you are a beta male”

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• Lembot_0002@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah, people in the VII-th century were so stupid that the writer might be not trolling but sincerely believing in the bullshit he wrote. Barbaric times…

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  • drolex@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The translation is not very accurate. It should be read something like this:

    be me rune master

    concealing runes of power

    Chad comes and breaks the monument

    plagueOfMaleficence.jpg

    insidiousDeath.exe

    lmao why are Chads like this?

    [Insert pepe]

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    • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      When you try to lie to IT support.

      “Are you sure you didn’t download and run InsidiousDeath.exe?”

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  • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They weren’t stupid they just didn’t know any better. There’s a difference, and it’s an important one in these troubled times.

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  • stray@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So many ancient writings are shitposts though. This could very well just be OOP trolling the kind of people who would be scared of such a message, or even making a joke we no longer have the references for.

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    • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Some Roman general “Look, there’s no such GODDAMN THING AS RUNE STONES. Now go take that fucking Druid village or I will give you something to be scared about.”

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  • flandish@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    how is that different than today? hint: it’s not.

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• _druid@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Reminds me of Valheim.

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