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Runic inscription

DR MS1995;341

Period
Pre-Viking Age 210/220-375 (Imer 2007)
Location
Nydam Engmose

Inscription

§A᛫ᚹᚫᚷᚫᚷᚫᛊᛏᛁᛉ

§B᛫ᚫᛚᚢ᛫--ᚺᚷᚢ᛫ᛊᛁᚲᛁᛃᚫᛉ᛫ᚫᛁᚦᚫᛚᚫᛏᚫᛉ

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

Old Norse

§A Wagagastiz.

§B Alu. Wihgu(?) Sikijaz(?) Aiþalataz.

English

§A Wagagastiz.

§B Alu(ale?). Wihgu(?) Sikijaz(?) Aiþalataz.

Object

Object type
yxskaft
Material category
trä
Material
trä

Location

Parish
Sottrup sn
District
Nybøl hd, Sønderjylland
Municipality
Sønderborg
Placement
Nationalmuseet (NV 3168, NV 12718)

Sources

Reference
NOR 9 (1994) s. 4; DK nr.: SJy 67, http://runer.ku.dk/VisGenstand.aspx?Titel=Nydam-%c3%b8kseskaft; <http://www.runenprojekt.uni-kiel.de/abfragen/standard/deutung2_eng.asp?findno=187&ort=Nydam Engmose&objekt=yxskaft>

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