Runic inscription
DR EM85;493
- Period
- Post-Viking Age ca 1300
- Location
- Ribe
Inscription
§A᛫ᛁᚮᚱᚦ᛫ᛒᛁᚦ᛫ᛆᚴ᛫ᚢᛆᚱᚦᛆ᛫ᚮᚴ᛫ᚢᛔᚼᛁᛘᛆᚾ᛫ᛋᚮᛚ᛫ᚮᚴ᛫ᛋᛆᚾᛏᛆ᛫ᛘᛆᚱᛁᛆ᛫ᚮᚴ᛫ᛋᛆᛚᚠᛆᚾ᛫ᚵᚢᛑᚱᚮᛏᛆᚾ᛫ᚦᛆᛏ᛫ᚼᛆᚾ᛫ᛚᛆ᛫ᛘᛁᚴ᛫ᛚᛆᚴᚾᛆᛋᚼᛆᚾᛑ᛫ᚮᚴ᛫ᛚᛁᚠᛏᚢᚵᚵᛆ᛫ᛆᛏ᛫ᛚᛁᚢᛆ
§B᛫ᚢᛁᚢᛁᚾᛑᚾᛆ᛫ᚦᛆᚱ᛫ᛒᚮᛏᛆ᛫ᚦᛆᚱᚠ᛫ᚮᚱ᛫ᛒᛆᚴ᛫ᚮᚴ᛫ᚮᚱ᛫ᛒᚱᛦᛋᛏ᛫ᚮᚱ᛫ᛚᛆᚴᛆ᛫ᚮᚴ᛫ᚮᚱ᛫ᛚᛁᛘ᛫ᚮᚱ᛫ᚯᚢᛆᚾ᛫ᚮᚴ᛫ᚮᚱ᛫ᚯᚱᛆᚾ᛫ᚮᚱ᛫ᛆᛚᛚᛆ᛫ᚦᛂ᛫ᚦᛆᚱ᛫ᛁᛚᛏ᛫ᚴᛆᚾ᛫ᛁ᛫ᛆᛏ
§C᛫ᚴᚢᛘᛆ᛫ᛋᚢᛆᚱᛏ᛫ᚼᛂᛏᛆᚱ᛫ᛋᛏᛂᚾ᛫ᚼᛆᚾ᛫ᛋᛏᛆᚱ᛫ᛁ᛫ᚼᛆᚠᛆ᛫ᚢᛏᛆ᛫ᚦᛆᚱ᛫ᛚᛁᚵᛆᚱ᛫ᛆ᛫ᚦᛂ᛫ᚾᛁ᛫ᚾᚮᚢᚦᛆᚱ᛫ᚦᛆᚱ᛫ᛚ---ᚱᛆ᛫ᚦᛂᚾ-ᚾᚦᚦᛆᚦᛂᛋᚴᚢᛚᚼᚢᛆᚱᚴᛁ
§D᛫ᛋᚴᚢᛚᛆ᛫ᚼᚢᛆᚱᚴᛁ᛫ᛋᚯᛏᛆᚾ᛫ᛋᚮᚠᛆ᛫ᛆᚦ᛫ᚢᛆᚱᛘᚾᛆᚾ᛫ᚢᛆᚴᛆ᛫ᚠᚯᚱᚱ᛫ᛆᚾ᛫ᚦᚢ᛫ᚦᛆᛋᛋᛆ᛫ᛒᚮᛏ᛫ᛒᛁᚦᛆᚱ᛫ᚦᛆᚱ᛫ᛆᚴ᛫ᚮᚱᚦ᛫ᛆᛏ᛫ᚴᛆᚦᛆ᛫ᚱᚮᚾᛏᛁ᛫ᛆᛘᛆᚾ᛫ᚮᚴ᛫ᚦᛆᛏ᛫ᛋᛂ
This is a normalized form and may not represent the exact runic forms in the inscription.
Old Norse
§A Jôrð bið ek varða ok upphimin, sól ok sankta Maríu ok sjalfan Guð dróttin, þet hann lé mik læknishônd ok lyf-tungu at lyfja
§B bifanda er bóta þarf ór baki ok ór brjósti, ór líki ok ór lim, ór augum ok ór eyrum, ór ôllu því er ilt kann í at
§C koma. Svartr heitir steinn, hann stendr í hafi úti, þar liggr á þær níu nauðir, þær ... ...
§D skulu huárki sœtan sofa eða varman vaka fyrr en þú þessa bót bíðir, þar ek orð at kveða rúnti. Amen ok þat sé.
English
§A I pray Earth to guard and High Heaven, the sun and Saint Mary and Lord God himself, that he grant me medicinal hands and healing tongue to heal
§B the Trembler when a cure is needed. From back and from breast, from body and from limb, from eyes and from ears, from wherever evil can
§C enter. A stone is called Svartr (black), it stands out in the sea, there lie upon it nine needs, who ... ...
§D shall neither sleep sweetly nor wake warmly until you pray this cure which I have proclaimed in runic words. Amen and so be it.
Data from the Scandinavian Runic-text Database:nordiska.uu.se/forskn/samnord.htm

