e/Gerlog and Inga

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has glosseng: Gerlög or Geirlaug and her daughter Inga were two powerful and rich women in 11th century Uppland, Sweden. Gerlög and Inga had their dramatic and tragic family saga documented for posterity on several runestones. They lived in a turbulent time of religious wars between Pagans and Christians concerning the sacrifices at the Temple at Uppsala, and like many people of their social standing they had chosen the new faith. Their saga has been the centre of an exposition at the Stockholm County Museum dramatizing their story.
lexicalizationeng: Gerloeg and Inga
lexicalizationeng: Gerlog and Inga
lexicalizationeng: Gerlög and Inga
instance ofc/11th-century people
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Swedish
has glossswe: Inga av Svartsjölandet levde på 1000-talet och är känd genom de många inskrifter av juridisk karaktär hon lät rista in på runstenar och en berghäll runt sitt hem på Svartsjölandet i Uppland.
lexicalizationswe: Inga av Svartsjölandet
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