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Runic inscription

DR 217

Period
Viking Age Jelling
Location
Sædinge

Inscription

§A᛫ᚦᚢᚱᚢᛁ᛫ᚴᛅᛏ᛫ᚴᛅᚢᚱᚢᛅᚾ᛫ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ᛫ᚦᛅᚾᛋᛁ᛫---᛫ᚴᚱᚢᚴ

§B᛫ᚢᛁᛅᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᛁᛅᚾ᛫ᚼᛅᚾ᛫ᚢᛅᛋ᛫--᛫ᛅᛚᚱᛅ᛫ᛏᚱᛁᚢ--...

§C᛫ᛋᚢᛏᚱᛋᚢᛁᛅ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᛋᚢᚦᚱᛏᛅᚾᛅ᛫ᚴᚢᛅᚢᛚ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᚼᛅ-᛫ᛅᚠ᛫ᚾᚢᚱᛘᛁᚾᚢᛘ᛫ᛋᚬᛘ

§D᛫ᛒᛅᛁᛋᛏᚱ᛫ᚼᛅᚾ᛫ᚢᛅᛋ᛫...᛫ᛋᚢᛏᚱᛋᚢᛁᛅ᛫-ᚢᚴ

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

Old Norse

§A Þyrvé gat gervan stein þenna ... Krók,

§B ver sinn, en hann var þá(?) allra drjúgastr(?)

§C sundrsvía ok suðrdana. Kvôl át/at hal/hann, af norðrmônnum sem

§D beztr. Hann var þá(?) sundrsvía lok/ok.

English

§A Þyrvé got this stone made ... Krókr,

§B her husband, and he was [then](?) the most resolute(?) of all

§C Sunder-Swedes and South Danes. Torment ate/ to(?) him/ the hero, the best of Northmen.

§D He was [there/ then](?) the Sunder-Swedes end / yoke(?).

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