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Runic inscription

DR MS1995;344

Period
Pre-Viking Age 310/320-375/400 (Imer 2007)
Location
Nydam Engmose

Inscription

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

Old Norse

alu(?)

English

Alu(?) (ale?)

Object

Object type
pilskaft
Material category
trä
Material
trä

Location

Parish
Sottrup sn
District
Nybøl hd, Sønderjylland
Municipality
Sønderborg
Placement
Nationalmuseet (4260)

Sources

Reference
AUD 1994:266; NOR 1995:4f, http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-44955; DK nr.: SJy 65, http://runer.ku.dk/VisGenstand.aspx?Titel=Nydam-pileskaft_2; <http://www.runenprojekt.uni-kiel.de/abfragen/standard/deutung2_eng.asp?findno=262&ort=Nydam Engmose&objekt=pilskaft>

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