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Runic inscription

DR 220

Period
Viking Age efter-Jelling
Location
Sønder Kirkeby

Inscription

--ᛋᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛅᛏᛁ᛫ᛋᛏᛁᚾ᛫ᚦᛁᚾᛋᛁ᛫ᚼᛅᚠᛏ᛫ᚬᛋᚴᚢ...᛫ᛒᚱᚢᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᛁᛅᚾ᛫...᛫ᚢᛅᚱᚦ᛫ᛏᚢᚦᚱ᛫ᚬ᛫ᚴᚢ...᛫ᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᚢᛁᚴᛁ᛫ᚱᚢᚾᛅᛦ᛫...

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Old Norse

Sassurr setti stein þenna ept Ásgaut bróður sinn, en hann varð dauðr á Gotlandi. Þórr vígi rúnar þessar.

English

Sassur placed this stone in memory of Ásgautr his brother, and [he] died on Gotland. May Þórr hallow [these] runes.

Object

Object type
runsten
Material category
sten
Material
granit

Location

Parish
Sønder Kirkeby sn
District
Falsters Sønder hd, Lolland-Falster
Municipality
Guldborgsund
Placement
Nationalmuseet

Sources

Reading basis
The reading or interpretation was supplemented from a later source
Style group
RAK
Other identifiers
L 1484
Reference
Moltke 1985:230; DK nr.: Syd 2, http://runer.ku.dk/VisGenstand.aspx?Titel=S%c3%b8nder_Kirkeby-sten

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