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Runic inscription

DR 81

Period
Viking Age efter-Jelling
Location
Skern 2

Inscription

§A᛫ᛋᚬᛋᚴᛁᚱᛁᚦᚱ᛫ᚱᛁᛋᚦᛁ᛫ᛋᛏᛁᚾ᛫ᚠᛁᚾᚢᛚᚠᛋ᛫ᛏᚢᛏᛁᛦ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᚢᚦᛁᚾᚴᛅᚢᚱ᛫ᚢᛋᛒᛁᛅᚱᚾᛅᛦ᛫ᛋᚢᚾ᛫ᚦᚬᚼ᛫ᛏᚢᚱᛅ᛫ᚢᚴ᛫ᚼᛁᚾ᛫ᛏᚢᚱᚢᛏᛁᚾᚠᛅᛋᛏᛅ

§B᛫ᛋᛁᚦᛁ᛫ᛋᛅ᛫ᛘᚬᚾᚱ᛫ᛁᛋ᛫ᚦᚢᛋᛁ᛫ᚴᚢᛒᛚ᛫ᚢᛒ᛫ᛒᛁᚱᚢᛏᛁ

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

Old Norse

§A Sasgerðr reisti stein, Finnulfs dóttir, at Óðinkár Ásbjarnar son, þann dýra ok hinn dróttinfasta.

§B Síði sá maðr er þessi kuml of brjóti.

English

§A Sasgerðr, Finnulfr's daughter, raised the stone, in memory of Óðinkárr Ásbjôrn's son, the valued and loyal to his lord.

§B A sorcerer (be) the man who breaks this monument!

Images

Skjern-runesten 2 (Skern)

Skjern-runesten 2 (Skern) —Roberto Fortuna; NATIONALMUSETT

Skjern-runesten 2 (Skern)

Skjern-runesten 2 (Skern) —Roberto Fortuna; NATIONALMUSETT

Skjern-runesten 2 (Skern)

Skjern-runesten 2 (Skern) —Erik Moltke; Nationalmuseet, Danmark

Skjern-runestenene (Skern)

Skjern-runestenene (Skern) —Poul Nørlund; Nationalmuseet, Danmark

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