DR 42

Inscription

§A᛫ᚼᛅᚱᛅᛚᛏᚱ᛫ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚴᛦ᛫ᛒᛅᚦ᛫ᚴᛅᚢᚱᚢᛅ᛫ᚴᚢᛒᛚ᛫ᚦᛅᚢᛋᛁ᛫ᛅᚠᛏ᛫ᚴᚢᚱᛘ᛫ᚠᛅᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᛅᚠᛏ᛫ᚦᚬᚢᚱᚢᛁ᛫ᛘᚢᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾᛅ᛫ᛋᛅ᛫ᚼᛅᚱᛅᛚᛏᚱ᛫ᛁᛅᛋ᛫ᛋᚬᛦ᛫ᚢᛅᚾ᛫ᛏᛅᚾᛘᛅᚢᚱᚴ

§B᛫ᛅᛚᛅ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᚾᚢᚱᚢᛁᛅᚴ

§C᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᛏᛅᚾᛁ᛫ᚴᛅᚱᚦᛁ᛫ᚴᚱᛁᛋᛏᚾᚬ

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

Old Norse

§A Haraldr konungr bað gera kuml þessi ept Gorm, fôður sinn, ok ept Þyrvé, móður sína, sá Haraldr er sér vann Danmôrk

§B alla ok Norveg

§C ok dani gerði kristna.

English

§A King Haraldr ordered these monuments made in memory of Gormr, his father, and in memory of Þyrvé, his mother; that Haraldr who won for himself all of Denmark

§B and Norway

§C and made the Danes Christian.