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Runic inscription

DR 390

Period
Viking Age 1050-1150
Location
Øster Marie 1

Inscription

ᛒᚢᚠᛁ᛫ᛚᛁᛏ᛫ᚱᛁᛋᛅ᛫ᛅᚠᛏᛁᛦ᛫ᛅᚢᚴᛁᛚ᛫ᚠᛅᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᚴᚢᚦᛅᚾ᛫ᚴᚱᛁᛋᛏᚱ᛫ᛁᛅᛚᛒᛁ᛫ᛋᛁᛅᛚᚢ

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Old Norse

Bófi lét reisa eptir Eykel/Auðkel, fôður sinn góðan. Kristr hjalpi sálu.

English

Bófi had (the stone) raised in memory of Eykell/Auðkell, his good father. May Christ help (his) soul.

Object

Object type
runsten
Material category
sten
Material
granit

Location

Parish
Øster Marie sn
District
Øster hd, Bornholm
Municipality
Bornholm
Placement
På Svaneke kyrkogård.

Sources

Style group
RAK
Other identifiers
L 1483
Reference
DK nr.: Bh 51, http://runer.ku.dk/VisGenstand.aspx?Titel=%c3%98stermarie-sten_1

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