Ososayensi baseScandinavia bakhethe iRök Runestone eyaziwayo neyindida. Inama-run acishe abe ngu-700 akhombisa i-a ukushintsha kwesimo sezululokho kungaletha ubusika obunzima nokuphela kwesikhathi.
Ezinganekwaneni zaseNorse, ukufika kweFimbulwintr kumemezela ukuphela komhlaba. Lokhu kusho ukuthi ama-runes ku-Rök Runestone eyindida, eyakhiwa ngo-granite omuhle ngekhulu lesishiyagalolunye eduze neLake Vättern eningizimu maphakathi ne-Sweden. Istela, esingamamitha ayisishiyagalombili ukuphakama kanti elinye liya phansi, liyaziwa ngokuba nombhalo omude kunayo yonke emhlabeni, enezimpawu ezingaphezu kuka-700 ezinamahlangothi ezinhlanu ngaphandle kwesisekelo obekufanele sibekwe phansi.
Umbhalo uthathwa njengowuhle kunayo yonke i- ama-runestones emazweni aseScandinavia ngenxa yokwehluka kwawo. USophus Bugge, waseNorway, wanikeza inguqulo yokuqala ngo-1878, kodwa incazelo yakhe iye yaba umthombo wengxabano kuze kube namuhla.
UPer Holmberg, uprofesa waseSweden e-University of Gothenburg, uhole ucwaningo olushicilelwe kumagazini i-'Futhark: International Journal of Runic Study. ' IRök Runestone, ngokombono wakhe, yakhiwa ngu Ama-Vikings ngokwesaba ukubuya kwenhlekelele yesimo sezulu. AmaViking ayezinikele kakhulu konkulunkulu bawo futhi ayekholelwa ngokuqinile ezinkolelweni eziyize, ebuthakathini nasekuprofetheni.
"AmaViking akha iDwala iRök ukuze axwayise izizukulwane ezizayo ngenhlekelele yesimo sezulu ezayo."
Kuze kube muva nje, bekucatshangwa ukuthi i-runestone iyinhlobo yetshe elinikezelwe endodaneni eshonile, njengoba kubhekiswa kulo “KaTheodoric” izenzo zobuqhawe. Ngokusho kwezazi eziningi, lo Theodoric akayena omunye ngaphandle kombusi we-6th we-Ostrogoth, uTheodoric the Great. Kodwa-ke, lokhu kuyingxenye yesethenjwa ebhalwe nge-Old Icelandic.
Incazelo eqondile yombhalo kunzima ukucacisa njengoba izigaba zilahlekile futhi ifaka izinhlobo eziningi zokubhala, okugqamisa ukubaluleka kwesifundo samanje, esasiqhutshwa izifundiswa ezivela ezikhungweni ezintathu zaseSweden. Manje bakholelwa ukuthi ukumakwa kukhombisa inkathi esondelayo yokubanda okubandayo, njengoba umuntu ophakamise itshe azama ukubeka ukufa kwendodana yakhe esimweni.
“Le ndlela eyahlukene yayiwukhiye wokuvula ukubhaliswa kwabantu. "Bekuzoba nzima ukuqaqa izimfihlakalo zerök runestone ngaphandle kwalokhu kubambisana okuhlanganisa ukuhlaziywa kwemibhalo, ukuvubukulwa kwemvelo, umlando wezenkolo, kanye ne-runology," kusho uPer Holmberg ephawula ku- "Europa Press". Ngokwalolu cwaningo, “lo mbhalo udlulisa usizi olubangelwe ukushona kwendodana nokwesaba inhlekelele yesimo sezulu esisha efana nenhlekelele eyenzeka ngemuva kuka-536 AD.”
Ngokusobala, ngaphambi kokwakhiwa kwe-Rök runestone, kwenzeka uchungechunge lwezimo zezulu lapho abantu bendawo bachaza njengamabika amabi: isivunguvungu esinamandla selanga sabeka isibhakabhaka ngemibala egqamile ebomvu, isivuno sesivuno sabhekana nehlobo elibandayo kakhulu, kwathi kamuva, ukusitheka kwelanga kwenzeka ngemuva nje kokuphuma kwelanga. Ngokusho kukaBo Gräslund, uprofesa wesayensi yemivubukulo e-Uppsala University, yinye kuphela yalezi zimo ebinganele ukwenza uFimbulwintr esabe.
Ubusika baseWinters, ngokwenganekwane yaseNorse, buqhubeke iminyaka emithathu ngaphandle kokuphumula futhi buvele ngaphambi nje kweRagnarok (ukuphela komhlaba). Ikhiqize ama-blizzard, imimoya enamandla amakhulu, amazinga okushisa afudumele neqhwa. Ngenkathi i-Poetic Edda, eqanjwe ngekhulu le-13, ifakazela, abantu wabulawa yindlala waphelelwa yithemba nomusa ngenkathi bezabalazela izimpilo zabo.
