Westeremden yew-stick
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The Westeremden yew-stick is a yew-wood stick found in Westeremden in the Groningen province of the Netherlands in 1917. It bears an Old Frisian runic inscription[broken anchor], dated to the second half of the 8th century.[1] With a total of 41 letters, this is the longest of the extant Frisian runic inscriptions.
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