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Runic inscription

DR 161

Period
Viking Age Jelling
Location
Hune

Inscription

ᚼᚢᚠᛁ᛫ᚦᚢᚱᚴᛁᛚ᛫ᚦᚢᚱᛒᛁᚢᚱᚾ᛫ᛋᛅᛏᚢ᛫ᛋᛏᛁᚾ᛫ᚱᚢᚾᚢᛚᚠᛋ᛫ᚼᛁᚾᛋ᛫ᚱᛅᚦᛋᛒᛅᚴᛅ᛫ᚠᛅᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾᛋ

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

Old Norse

Hofi, Þorkell, Þorbjôrn settu stein Rúnulfs hins Ráðspaka, fôður síns.

English

Hofi, Þorkell, Þorbjôrn placed the stone of Rúnulfr the Quick-Witted, their father.

Images

Hune-runesten

Hune-runesten —Roberto Fortuna; NATIONALMUSETT

Hune-runesten

Hune-runesten —Søren Abildgaard; Nationalmuseet, Danmark

Hune-runesten

Hune-runesten —Erik Moltke; Nationalmuseet, Danmark

Hune-runesten

Hune-runesten —Jon Skonvig; Nationalmuseet, Danmark

Hune-runesten

Hune-runesten —Erik Moltke; Nationalmuseet, Danmark

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