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Runic inscription

DR 3

Period
Viking Age efter-Jelling
Location
Haddeby 3 (Dannevirke/Busdorf), Busdorf

Inscription

§A᛫ᛋᚢᛁᚾ᛫ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚴᛦ᛫ᛋᛅᛏᛁ᛫ᛋᛏᛁᚾ᛫ᚢᚠᛏᛁᛦ᛫ᛋᚴᛅᚱᚦᛅ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᚼᛁᛘᚦᛁᚵᛅ᛫ᛁᛅᛋ᛫ᚢᛅᛋ᛫ᚠᛅᚱᛁᚾ᛫ᚢᛂᛋᛏᚱ᛫ᛁᚬᚾ᛫ᚾᚢ

§B᛫ᚢᛅᚱᚦ᛫ᛏᛅᚢᚦᚱ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᚼᛁᚦᛅᛒᚢ

This is a normalized form and may not represent the exact runic forms in the inscription.

Old Norse

§A Sveinn konungr setti stein eptir Skarða, sinn heimþega, er var farinn vestr, en nú

§B varð dauðr at Heiðabý.

English

§A King Sveinn placed the stone in memory of Skarði, his retainer, who travelled to the west, but who then

§B died at Hedeby.

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