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Runic inscription

DR 338

Period
Viking Age efter-Jelling
Location
Glemminge kyrka

Inscription

ᛋᚢᛁᚾᛁ᛫ᛋᛅᛏᛁ᛫ᛋᛏᛁᚾ᛫ᚦᛅᛋᛁ᛫ᛁᚠᛏᛁᛦ᛫ᛏᚢᛋᛏᛅ᛫ᚼᛁᚾ᛫ᛋᚴᛅᚱᛒᛅ᛫ᚠᛅᚢᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᚼᛅᚱᚦᛅ᛫ᚴᚢᚦᛅᚾ᛫ᛒᚢᛏᛅ᛫ᚢᛁᚱᚦᛁ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᚱᛅᛏᛅ᛫ᚼᚢᛅᛋ᛫ᚢᛒ᛫ᛒᚱᛁᚢᛏᛁ

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Old Norse

Sveini setti stein þenna eptir Tosta hinn Skarpa, fôður sinn, harða góðan bónda. Verði at ræta(?) hverr's of brjóti.

English

Sveini placed this stone in memory of Tosti the Sharp, his father, a very good husbandman. May whosoever breaks (it) become a warlock!

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