Runic inscription
Ög 81
- Period
- Viking Age s 900-t
- Location
- Högby gamla kyrka
Inscription
§A᛫ᚦᚢᚴᛁᚱ᛫ᚱᛂᛋᚦᛁ᛫ᛋᛏᛁᚾ᛫ᚦᛅᚾᛋᛁ᛫ᛂᚠᛏᛁᛦ᛫ᛅᛋᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛂᚾ᛫ᛘᚢᚦᚢᚱᛒᚱᚢᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᛁᛅᛦ᛫ᛂᛅᛏᛅᚦᛁᛋ᛫ᛅᚢᛋᛏᚱ᛫ᛁ᛫ᚴᚱᛁᚴᚢᛘ
§B᛫ᚴᚢᚦᚱ᛫ᚴᛅᚱᛚ᛫ᚴᚢᛚᛁ᛫ᚴᛅᛏ᛫ᚠᛁᛘ᛫ᛋᚤᚾᛁ᛫ᚠᛂᛅᛚ᛫ᚬ᛫ᚠᚢᚱᛁ᛫ᚠᚱᚢᚴᚾ᛫ᛏᚱᛂᚴᛋ᛫ᛅᛋᛘᚢᛏᚱ᛫ᛅᛁᛏᛅᚦᛁᛋ᛫ᛅᛋᚢᚱ᛫ᛅᚢᛋᛏᚱ᛫ᛁ᛫ᚴᚱᛁᚴᚢᛘ᛫ᚢᛅᚱᚦ᛫ᚬ᛫ᚼᚢᛚᛘᛁ᛫ᚼᛅᛚᚠᛏᛅᚾ᛫ᛏᚱᛁᛒᛁᚾ᛫ᚴᛅᚱᛁ᛫ᚢᛅᚱᚦ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᚢᛏᛁ
§C᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᛏᛅᚢᚦᚱ᛫ᛒᚢᛁ᛫ᚦᚢᚱᚴᛁᛚ᛫ᚱᛁᛋᛏ᛫ᚱᚢᚾᛅᛦ
This is a normalized form and may not represent the exact runic forms in the inscription.
Old Norse
§A Þorgerðr(?) reisti stein þenna eptir Ôzur,/Ôzur sinn/Seinn móðurbróður sinn, er endaðist austr í Grikkjum.
§B Góðr karl Gulli gat fimm sonu. Fell á Fœri frœkn drengr Ásmundr, endaðist Ôzurr austr í Grikkjum, varð á Holmi Halfdan drepinn, Kári varð at Oddi(?)
§C ok dauðr Búi. Þorkell reist rúnar.
English
§A Þorgerðr(?) raised this stone in memory of Ôzurr, her / Ôzurr Seinn, her mother's brother. He met his end in the east in Greece.
§B The good man Gulli got five sons. The brave valiant man Ásmundr fell at Fœri; Ôzurr met his end in the east in Greece; Halfdan was killed at Holmr (Bornholm?); Kári was (killed) at Oddr(?);
§C also dead (is) Búi. Þorkell carved the runes.
Data from the Scandinavian Runic-text Database:nordiska.uu.se/forskn/samnord.htm

