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Runic inscription

DR 68

Period
Viking Age efter-Jelling
Location
Århus 6

Inscription

§A᛫-ᚢᛋᛏᛁ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᚼᚢᚠᛁ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᚦᛁᚱ᛫ᚠᚱᛂᛒᛁᚢᚱᚾ᛫ᚱᛁᛋᚦᚢ᛫ᛋᛏᛁᚾ᛫ᚦᚬᚾᛋᛁ᛫ᛂᚠᛏᛁᛦ᛫ᚬᛋᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛅᚴᛋᛅ᛫ᚠᛁᛚᛅᚴᛅ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᚼᛅᚱᚦᛅ

§B᛫ᚴᚢᚦᛅᚾ᛫ᛏᚱᛁᚴ᛫ᛋᛅᛦ᛫ᛏᚢ᛫ᛘᛅᚾᛅ᛫ᛘᛂᛋᛏ᛫ᚢᚾᛁᚦᛁᚴᛦ᛫ᛋᛅᛦ᛫ᛅᛏᛁ᛫ᛋᚴᛁᛒ᛫ᛘᛁᚦ᛫ᛅᚱᚾᚬ

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

Old Norse

§A Tosti ok Hofi ok þeir Freybjôrn reistu stein þenna eptir Ôzur Saxa, félaga sinn, harða

§B góðan dreng. Sá dó manna mest óníðingr, sá átti skip með Árna.

English

§A Tosti and Hofi and Freybjôrn, they raised this stone in memory of Ôzurr Saxon / Sword(-wielder), their partner, a very

§B good valiant man. He died as the most unvillainous of men; he owned a ship with Árni.

Images

Århus-runesten 5

Århus-runesten 5 —Roberto Fortuna; Nationalmuseet, Danmark

Århus-runesten 5

Århus-runesten 5 —Iver Hertzsprung; Nationalmuseet, Danmark

Århus-runesten 5

Århus-runesten 5 —Erik Moltke; Nationalmuseet, Danmark

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