Runic inscription
DR 216
- Period
- Viking Age Jelling
- Location
- Tirsted
Inscription
§A᛫ᚬᛋᚱᛅᚦᚱ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᚼᛁᛚᛏᚢ--ᛦ᛫ᚱᛅᛁᛋᚦᚢ᛫ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ᛫ᚦᛅᚾᛋᛁ᛫ᛅᚠᛏ᛫ᚠᚱᚬᚦᛅ᛫ᚠᚱᚬᚾᛏᛁ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᛁᛅᚾ᛫ᚼᛅᚾ᛫ᚢᛅᛋ᛫ᚦᚬ᛫ᚠᚬᛁᚾᚴ᛫ᚢᛅᛁᛦᛅ
§B᛫ᛁᛅᚾ᛫ᚼᛅᚾ᛫ᚢᛅᚱᚦ᛫ᛏᛅᚢᚦᚱ᛫ᚬ᛫ᛋᚢᚬᚦᛁᛅᚢᚦᚢ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᚢᛅᛋ᛫ᚠᚢᚱᛋ᛫ᛁ᛫ᚠᚱᛁᚴᛁᛋ᛫ᛁᚬᚦᛁ᛫ᚦᚬ᛫ᛅᛚᛁᛦ᛫ᚢᛁᚴᛁᚴᛅᛦ
This is a normalized form and may not represent the exact runic forms in the inscription.
Old Norse
§A Ástráðr ok Hildungr/Hildvígr/Hildulfr reistu stein þenna ept Fraða/Freða, frænda sinn sinn, en hann var þá feikn(?) vera,
§B en hann varð dauðr á Svíþjóðu ok var fyrstr(?) í(?) Friggis(?) liði(?) þá allir víkingar.
English
§A Ástráðr and Hildungr/Hildvígr/Hildulfr raised this stone in memory of Fraði/Freði, their kinsman. And he was then the terror(?) of men.
§B And he died in Sweden and was thereafter the first(?) in(?) Friggir's(?) retinue(?) and then: all vikings.
Data from the Scandinavian Runic-text Database:nordiska.uu.se/forskn/samnord.htm

