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Runic inscription

DR EM85;475A

Period
Post-Viking Age
Location
Lund, kv. Apotekaren 4

Inscription

§P᛫ᚴᛆᚱᛘ᛫ᛘᛆᛁᛚ᛫ᚢᛘᛆᛁᛚ

§Q᛫ᚵᛆᚱᛘ᛫-ᛘᛆᚴᛁ᛫ᛆᛚ᛫ᚢᛘᛆᛚ

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

Old Norse

§P ... ... ...

§Q Garmr mæki ôll(?) ómál.

English

§P ... ... ...

§Q Garmr (protect the) sword from all(?) curses(?).

Object

Object type
svärdsskida [2]
Material category
övrigt
Material
läder

Location

Parish
Lund
District
Skåne
Municipality
Lund
Placement
Lunds kulturhistoriska museum (KM 70361:311)

Sources

Reading basis
The reading or interpretation was supplemented from a later source
Reference
Strid Fornvännen 1982:242; DK nr.: SkL 42, http://runer.ku.dk/VisGenstand.aspx?Titel=Lund-l%c3%a6derskede_2

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