Istaby Runestone

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"[3] A shortened form of the name Hariwulfa survived into the Viking Age and is attested in the inscription on the Hærulf Runestone.

[3] It has been suggested that the assignment of such lycophoric names is related to ritualistic practices and religious wolf-symbolism used in the initiation of young warriors.

[5] The Istaby runestone is currently located at the Swedish Museum of National Antiquities in Stockholm.

The stone has a Danish Rundata catalog number as Blekinge was part of the historic Denmark.