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Runic inscription

DR 186

Period
Post-Viking Age
Location
Svendborg

Inscription

-ᛆᚱᛚ᛫ᛘᛆᚱᚵᛂ᛫ᛋᚵ-᛫ᛆᚢ᛫ᚼᛆᚠᛏᛆ᛫ᛆᚱᛆ᛫ᛚᛆᚴᛆᚦᛂ᛫ᛋᚵᛆᚠᛏ-

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

Old Norse

Karl merki skar á hepti, Ari lamdi/lengði skepti.

English

Karl cut the mark(s) on the haft, Ari lamed (ie. castrated) / lengthened the shaft.

Object

Object type
knivskaft
Material category
ben/horn
Material
horn

Location

Parish
Svendborg sn
District
Sunds hd, Fyn
Municipality
Svendborg
Placement
Nationalmuseet (D. 8728)

Sources

Reading basis
The reading or interpretation was supplemented from a later source
Reference
Moltke 1985:468; DK nr.: Fyn 46, http://runer.ku.dk/VisGenstand.aspx?Titel=Svendborg-kniv

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