▁the ▁term ▁" hand iest " ▁( or ▁" most ▁sk illed ") ▁in ▁the ▁run ic ▁text ▁for ▁the ▁dead ▁girl ▁was ▁a ▁reference ▁to ▁her ▁text ile ▁or ▁emb roid ery ▁designs , ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁images ▁on ▁the ▁stone ▁may ▁represent ▁these ▁designs . ▁ ▁The ▁Stone ' s ▁ins cription ▁is ▁in ▁the ▁younger ▁f uth ark , ▁although ▁their ▁use ▁is ▁incons istent ▁with ▁long - branch ▁and ▁short - tw ig ▁run es ▁used ▁in ▁some ▁places . ▁Sometimes ▁the ▁car ver ▁used ▁both ▁the ▁long - branch ▁and ▁short - tw ig ▁forms ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁run e ▁within ▁the ▁same ▁word . ▁ ▁The ▁reference ▁to ▁bridge - building ▁in ▁the ▁run ic ▁text ▁is ▁fairly ▁common ▁in ▁run e ▁stones ▁during ▁this ▁time ▁period . ▁Some ▁are ▁Christian ▁references ▁related ▁to ▁passing ▁the ▁bridge ▁into ▁the ▁after life . ▁At ▁this ▁time , ▁the ▁Catholic ▁Church ▁spons ored ▁the ▁building ▁of ▁roads ▁and ▁brid ges ▁through ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁indul gen ces ▁in ▁return ▁for ▁inter cess ion ▁for ▁the ▁soul . ▁There ▁are ▁many ▁examples ▁of ▁these ▁bridge ▁stones ▁dated ▁from ▁the ▁ele vent h ▁century , ▁including ▁run ic ▁ins cri ptions ▁S ö ▁ 1 0 1 , ▁U ▁ 4 8 9 , ▁and ▁U ▁ 6 1 7 . ▁Although ▁the ▁D yn na ▁Stone ▁uses ▁Christian ▁imag ery ▁and ▁text , ▁the ▁stone ▁was ▁raised ▁among ▁the ▁old ▁family ▁grave ▁m ounds , ▁an ▁indic ation ▁of ▁cult