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Runic inscription

DR 1

Period
Viking Age efter-Jelling
Location
Haddeby 1, Wedelspang

Inscription

§A᛫ᚦᚢᚱᛚᚠᚱᛁᛋᚦᛁ᛫ᛋᛏᛁᚾ᛫ᚦᚬᚾᛋᛁ᛫ᚼᛁᛘᚦᛁᚵᛁ᛫ᛋᚢᛁᚾᛋ᛫ᛂᚠᛏᛁᛦ᛫ᛂᚱᛁᚴ᛫ᚠᛁᛚᛅᚵᛅ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᛁᛅᛋ᛫ᚢᛅᚱᚦ

§B᛫ᛏᛅᚢᚦᚱ᛫ᚦᚬ᛫ᛏᚱᛂᚴᛁᛅᛦ᛫ᛋᛅᛏᚢ᛫ᚢᛘ᛫ᚼᛅᛁᚦᛅᛒᚢ᛫ᛁᛅᚾ᛫ᚼᛅᚾ᛫ᚢᛅᛋ᛫ᛋᛏᚢᚱᛁᛘᛅᛏᚱ᛫ᛏᚱᛂᚵᛦ᛫ᚼᛅᚱᚦᛅ᛫ᚴᚢᚦᚱ

This is a normalized form and may not represent the exact runic forms in the inscription.

Old Norse

§A Þórulfr reisti stein þenna, heimþegi Sveins, eptir Eirík, félaga sinn, er varð

§B dauðr, þá drengjar sátu um Heiðabý; en hann var stýrimaðr, drengr harða góðr.

English

§A Þórulfr raised this stone, Sveinn's retainer, in memory of Eiríkr, his partner, who

§B died when valiant men besieged Hedeby; and he was a captain, a very good valiant man.

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Data from the Scandinavian Runic-text Database:nordiska.uu.se/forskn/samnord.htm