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Runic inscription

DR 237

Period
Viking Age kristen efter-Jelling
Location
Alsted

Inscription

ᛂᛋᚴᛁᛚ᛫ᛋᛅᛏᛁ᛫ᛋᛁᚾᛅ᛫ᚦᛂᛋᛁ᛫ᛂᚠᛏᛁᛦ᛫ᚤᛋᛏᛁᚾ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᚠᛚᛁᛦ᛫ᛒᚱᚢᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᛋᚢᚾ᛫ᚤᛋᛏᛁᛋ᛫ᛅᚦᛅᛚᛘᛁᚴᛁ

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Old Norse

Áskell setti steina þessa eptir Eystein ok Flír, bróður sinn, son Eysteins, Aðalmerki/Aðalmæki.

English

Áskell placed these stones in memory of Eysteinn and (in memory of) Flir Chiff-banner(-bearer) / Good-sword, his (Áskell's) brother, Eysteinn's son.

Object

Object type
runsten
Material category
sten
Material
granit

Location

Parish
Alsted sn
District
Alsted hd, Sjælland
Municipality
Sorø
Placement
I kyrkan.

Sources

Style group
RAK
Other identifiers
L 1473
Reference
DK nr.: Sj 59, http://runer.ku.dk/VisGenstand.aspx?Titel=Alsted-sten

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