Runic inscription

E DR419

Period: Viking Age efter 1073
Location: Canterbury

Inscription

ᚴᚢᚱᛁᛚ᛫ᛋᛅᚱᚦᚢᛅᚱᛅ᛫ᚠᛅᚱ᛫ᚦᚢ᛫ᚾᚢ᛫ᚠᚢᚾᛏᛁᚾ᛫ᛁᛋᛏᚢ᛫ᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᚢᛁᚵᛁ᛫ᚦᛁᚴ᛫ᚦᚬᚱᛋᛅ᛫ᛏᚱᚢᛏᛁᚾ᛫ᛁᚢᚱᛁᛚ᛫ᛋᛅᚱᚦᚢᛅᚱᛅ᛫ᚢᛁᚦᚱ᛫ᛅᚦᚱᛅ᛫ᚢᛅᚱᛁ

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

Old Norse

Gyrill sárþvara, far þú nú, fundinn ertu; Þórr vígi þik, þursa dróttinn, Gyrill sárþvara. Viðr aðra vari.

English

Gyril wound-causer, go now, you are found. Thor hallow you (to perdition), lord of giants (demons), Gyril wound-causer. Against blood-poison (literally: blood-vessel pus).

Object

Object type: handskrift
Material category: övrigt
Material: pergament

Location

Parish: Canterbury
District: Kent, England
Placement: British Museum, London, MS. Cottonianum Caligula A XV 4:o, fol. 119v-120r (nyare paginering: fol. 123v-124r).

Sources

Reading basis: The reading or interpretation was supplemented from a later source
Other identifiers: DR 419
Reference: Danmarks runeindskrifter nr 419; Moltke 1985:360, 366 not 13-14.
Notes: Sedan fyndet av U NOR1998;25 i Sigtuna som inleds med runföljden <iorils> kan emenderingen av <iuril> till <kuril> i DR och Moltke 1985 ifrågasättas.

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