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Runic inscription

DR 344

Period
Viking Age 1050-1100
Location
Simris 1, Simris kyrka

Inscription

ᛒᛁᛅᚱᚾᚵᛅᛁᛦ᛫ᛚᛁᛏ᛫ᚱᛅᛁᛋᛅ᛫ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ᛫ᚦᛁᚾᛅ᛫ᛂᚠᛏᛁᛦ᛫ᚱᛅᚠᚾ᛫ᛒᚱᚬᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᛋᚢᛁᚾ᛫ᚴᚢᚾᚢ--ᛋ᛫ᛅ᛫ᛋᚢᛁᚦᛁᚢᚦᚢ

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Old Norse

Bjôrngeirr lét reisa stein þenna eptir Hrafn, bróður sinn, svein Gunnulfs á Svíþjóðu.

English

Bjôrngeirr had this stone raised in memory of Hrafn, his brother, Gunnulfr's lad in Sweden.

Object

Object type
runsten
Material category
sten
Material
sandsten

Location

Parish
Simris sn
District
Järestads hd, Skåne
Municipality
Simrishamn

Sources

Style group
Pr4
Other identifiers
L 1418
Reference
DK nr.: Sk 46, http://runer.ku.dk/VisGenstand.aspx?Titel=Simris-sten_1
Notes
Gjord av svensk runristare.

Images

Simris-runesten 1

Simris-runesten 1 —Roberto Fortuna; Nationalmuseet, Danmark

Source ·CC BY-SA 4.0

Simris-runesten 1

Simris-runesten 1 —Carl Gustav Gottfried Hilfeling; Nationalmuseet, Danmark

Source ·Public Domain

Simris-runesten 1

Simris-runesten 1 —Erik Moltke; Nationalmuseet, Danmark

Source ·CC BY-SA 4.0

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