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Runic inscription

DR 69

Period
Viking Age kristen efter-Jelling
Location
Vejlby

Inscription

ᚦᚢᚦᚴᛁᛚ᛫ᚱᛁᛋᚦᛁ᛫ᛋᛏᚾ᛫ᚦᛅᚾᛋᛁ᛫ᚢᚠᛏᛁᛦ᛫ᛏᚢᚠᛅ᛫ᛘᛅᚴ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ

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

Old Norse

Þjóðkell reisti stein þenna eptir Tófa, mág sinn.

English

Þjóðkell raised this stone in memory of Tófi, his kinsman-by-marriage.

Object

Object type
runsten
Material category
sten
Material
granit

Location

Parish
Vejlby sn
District
Hasle hd, Nørrejylland
Municipality
Aarhus
Placement
Moesgård Museum. Århus

Sources

Carver
Ev. samma som gjort DR 67
Style group
RAK
Other identifiers
L 1496
Reference
DK nr.: MJy 73, http://runer.ku.dk/VisGenstand.aspx?Titel=Vejlby-sten

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