strong-2
Explanation
This comic is a single-panel joke comparing Viking-era runestones to modern dating profiles.
A Viking warrior stands before a large runestone -- a carved standing stone of the type used in Scandinavia during the early medieval period, typically to commemorate the dead or mark territory. But the inscription on this stone reads like a dating profile:
"Strong in sword-strife, strewing foe-flesh, fodder for wolf, feast for eagle! Solid employment. Six feet or taller."
The first lines use kennings and alliterative verse typical of Old Norse poetry -- "sword-strife" for battle, "foe-flesh" for the bodies of enemies, "fodder for wolf" and "feast for eagle" referencing the "beasts of battle" motif common in Norse and Anglo-Saxon poetry (ravens, wolves, and eagles feasting on the slain).
Then it abruptly shifts to mundane modern dating-profile language: "Solid employment. Six feet or taller."
The caption reads: "Dating profiles were basically the same in the 7th century."
The humor comes from the anachronistic juxtaposition. Despite the wildly different cultural context and poetic language, the Viking is essentially doing the same thing people do on Tinder: bragging about their toughness/accomplishments, mentioning they have a stable job, and noting their height. The joke suggests that human vanity and the desire to attract mates through self-promotion are timeless and universal, whether expressed through Old Norse alliterative verse or a Hinge profile.