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Runic inscription

DR 403

Period
Viking Age 1050-1150
Location
Klemensker 5

Inscription

ᛋᚢᛁᚾ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᚴᛂᛏᛁᛚ᛫ᚱᛂᛁᛋᛏᚢ᛫ᛋᛏᛂᚾ᛫ᛂᚠᛏᛁᛦ᛫ᛁᚢᛚᚴᛁᛦ᛫ᚠᛅᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ

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Old Norse

Sveinn ok Ketill reistu stein eptir Jólgeir/Ígulgeir, fôður sinn.

English

Sveinn and Ketill raised the stone in memory of Jólgeirr/Ígulgeirr, their father.

Object

Object type
runsten
Material category
sten
Material
granit

Location

Parish
Klemensker sn
District
Nørre hd, Bornholm
Municipality
Bornholm

Sources

Reading basis
The reading or interpretation was supplemented from a later source
Style group
RAK
Reference
RunLab.; DK nr.: Bh 5, http://runer.ku.dk/VisGenstand.aspx?Titel=Klemensker-sten_5

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