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Umm, can we get a description? Saxo's doesn't really tell me much; like, how big is it, how long, &c.? It's fascinating...i want to know more! Lindsay 09:17, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This article says that it is 34 "Danish ells". If a Danish ell is comparable to a Swedish ell, it is 17 metres long, or about 20 yards long.--Berig 09:28, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Amn't i reading Saxo correctly in talking about over hill-tops and along valley bottoms? That's gotta be more than 17 metres. Lindsay 20:28, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, you're right. I guess Saxo is talking of the entire dolerite dike (which may stretch for a very long distance), while the measurement I gave your refers to the famous stretch of "runes" that people visit. I haven't been there myself.--Berig 20:36, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why does this article exclude the most obvious fact, the text of the claimed poem itself?

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Hildekinn received the kingdom.
Gard hewed out
Olè took the oath.
Odin consecrate these Runes!
May Ring get
A fall on the mould;
Elves, Gods of fidelity!
Olè hate.
Odin and Frey
And the Aser race
Destroy (destroy)
Our enemies
Grant to Harald
A great victory!

Andy Dingley (talk) 01:25, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]