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Runic inscription

DR 391

Period
Viking Age 1050-1150
Location
Øster Marie 2

Inscription

§A᛫ᛒᛅᚱᚾᛁ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᛋᛁᛒᛁ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫-ᚬᚠᛁ᛫ᚦᛂᛁᛦ᛫ᚱᛂᛁᛋᛏᚢ᛫ᛋᛑᛂᛁᚾ

§B᛫ᛂᚠᛏᛁᛦ᛫ᚴᛂᛏᛁᛚ᛫ᚠᛅᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᚴᚱᛁᛋᛏᚱ᛫ᚼᛚᛒᛁ᛫ᚼᚾᛋ᛫ᛋᛁᚬᛚ

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Old Norse

§A Barni/Biarni ok Sibbi ok Tófi þeir reistu stein

§B eptir Ketil, fôður sinn. Kristr hjalpi hans sál.

English

§A Barni/Biarni and Sibbi and Tófi they raised (the) stone

§B in memory of Ketill, their 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
I den gamla kyrkoruinen.

Sources

Reading basis
The reading or interpretation was supplemented from a later source
Style group
RAK
Reference
Sahlgren 1945; DK nr.: Bh 52, http://runer.ku.dk/VisGenstand.aspx?Titel=%c3%98stermarie-sten_2

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