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Runic inscription

DR 56

Period
Viking Age Jelling
Location
Sønder Vissing 2

Inscription

ᛏᚢᚴᛁ᛫ᚴᛅᚱᚦᛁ᛫ᚴᚢᛘᛒᛚ᛫ᚦᛁᛋᛁ᛫ᛁᛅᚠᛏ᛫ᛅᛒᛅ᛫ᚠᛅᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᚢᚼᛁᛘᛋᚴᚬᚾ᛫ᚼᛅᛚ

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

Old Norse

Tóki gerði kuml þessi ept Apa/Ebba, fôður sinn, úheimskan hal.

English

Tóki made these monuments in memory of Api/Ebbi, his father, a wise hero.

Object

Object type
runsten
Material category
sten
Material
granit

Location

Parish
Sønder Vissing sn
District
Tyrsting hd, Nørrejylland
Municipality
Horsens
Placement
I vapenhuset.

Sources

Style group
RAK
Reference
DK nr.: MJy 99, http://runer.ku.dk/VisGenstand.aspx?Titel=S%c3%b8nder_Vissing-sten_2

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