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Runic inscription

DR DKSkL83

Period
Post-Viking Age 1220-1235
Location
Lund, kv. Blekhagen 10-12

Inscription

ᚦᛂᛏᛆ᛫ᚱᛆᛁᛋᛏ᛫ᚱᚮᛚᚠᚱ᛫ᚦᚮᚱᚴᛁᛋ᛫ᛋᚢᚾ᛫ᚼᚮᚾᚮᛘ᛫ᚢᛆᚱ᛫ᚦᛆᚾᚵᛆᚱ᛫ᛒᛚᛆᚾᛑᛆᛏ᛫ᚢᛘ᛫ᚦᚼᛆ᛫ᛋᚾᛆᚼᚢᛁᛏᚢ᛫ᛋᚾᚮᛏ

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

Old Norse

Þetta reist Hrólfr Þorgeirs/Þorgísls sonr, honum var þá angr blandat um þá snæhvítu snót.

English

This carved Hrólfr Þorgeirr's/Þorgísl's son, for him was then sorrow caused concerning the snow-white woman.

Object

Object type
spelpjäs(?)
Material category
trä
Material
bokträ

Location

Parish
Lund
District
Skåne
Municipality
Lund
Placement
Lunds kulturhistoriska museum (KM 86581:1624)

Sources

Reading basis
The reading or interpretation was supplemented from a later source
Reference
Steenholt Olesen 2012; Futhark 2013:6; http://runer.ku.dk/VisGenstand.aspx?Titel=Lund-spillebrik
Notes
Funnen 2004. Inskriften läst nerifrån och upp. Kan komma från Norge.

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