Stentoften Runestone

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"[2] One runologist suggests that line AQ is describing an animal sacrifice in return for a good harvest as part of a fertility ritual.

These runestones are probably not carved by the same person, and so it appears that they reflect a specific runic tradition in the Blekinge area during the 7th century.

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