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Runic inscription

DR 387

Period
Viking Age 1050-1150
Location
Vester Marie 5

Inscription

ᛅᛋᚢᛅᛚᛑᛁ᛫ᚱᛁᛋᛏᛁ᛫ᛋᛏᛂᛁᚾ᛫ᚦᛁᚾᛋᛅ᛫ᛁᚠᛏᛦ᛫ᛅᛚᚠᛅᚱ᛫ᛒᚱᚢᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᛑᚱᛁᚾᚱ᛫ᚴᚬᚦᚱ᛫ᛏᚱᛂᛒᛁᚾ᛫ᚢᛋᚤᚾᛁ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᛋᚴᚬᚵᛁ᛫ᛋᚢᛂᚴ᛫ᛋᛅᚴᛚᛅᚢᛋᛅᚾ

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Old Norse

Ásvaldi reisti stein þenna eptir Alfar, bróður sinn, drengr góðr, drepinn ósynju, ok Skógi sveik saklausan.

English

Ásvaldi raised this stone in memory of Alfarr, his brother: a good valiant man, shamefully killed, and Skógi betrayed the guiltless one.

Object

Object type
runsten
Material category
sten
Material
granit

Location

Parish
Vester Marie sn
District
Vester hd, Bornholm
Municipality
Bornholm

Sources

Reading basis
The reading or interpretation was supplemented from a later source
Carver
Ev. samma som gjort DR 372, 379, 380 och 389
Style group
Pr2 - Pr3
Reference
Moltke 1985:332; DK nr.: Bh 42, http://runer.ku.dk/VisGenstand.aspx?Titel=Vestermarie-sten_5

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