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Runic inscription

DR 218

Period
Viking Age Jelling
Location
Tågerup

Inscription

ᛅᚢᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾᛋ᛫ᛋᚢᚾᛁᛦ᛫ᚱᛅᛁᛋᚦᚢ᛫ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ᛫ᚦᛅᚾᛋᛁ᛫ᛅᚠᛏ᛫ᛋᛒᛅᚱᛚᚢ᛫ᛒᚱᚢᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᛋᚴᛁᛒᛅᚱᛅ᛫ᚬᛋᛒᛁᛅᚱᚾᛅᛦ᛫ᚾᛅᚠᛋ

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Old Norse

Eysteins synir reistu stein þenna ept Sperlu, bróður sinn, skipara Ásbjarnar Nefs.

English

Eysteinn's sons raised this stone in memory of Sperla, their brother, Ásbjôrn Neb's seaman.

Images

Tågerup-runesten

Tågerup-runesten —Roberto Fortuna; NATIONALMUSETT

Tågerup-runesten

Tågerup-runesten —Erik Moltke; Nationalmuseet, Danmark

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