Runic inscription

G 115

Period: Post-Viking Age 1300-t
Location: Gammelgarns kyrka

Inscription

ᚵᛂᛋᚢᛋ᛫ᚴᚱᛁᛋᛏ᛫ᚾᛆᚦᛁ᛫ᚼᛆᛚᚢᛁᛆ᛫ᛋᛁᛆᛚ᛫ᚢᚾᚵᛆᚵᛆᚾᛆ᛫ᚼᚢᛋᛒᚱᛆᚤᛆ᛫ᛆᚾᚵᚢᛆᛋᛘᛁᛋ᛫ᛑᚮᛏᚱ᛫ᚼᚢᛚᛚᛋ᛫ᚼᛁᛂᚱ᛫ᚼᚢᛂᚱ᛫ᛋᚢᛘ᛫ᛆᛋᛁᚱ᛫ᛒᛁᚦᛁ᛫ᛔᛆᛏᛆᚾᚮᛋᛏᚢ᛫ᚠᛁᚱᛁ᛫ᚼᛆᛚᚢᛁᛆ᛫ᛋᛁᛆᛚ᛫ᛘᛆᚵᛁᛋᛏᛆᛋ᛫ᚵᛂᚠᛋ᛫ᚵᛂᚱᚦᛁ᛫ᛘᛁᚴ᛫ᛒᚮᛏᚢᛁᚦᚱ᛫ᛋᛘᛁᚦᚱ᛫ᛚᛁᛏ᛫ᚵᛂᚱᛆ᛫ᛘᛁᚴ᛫ᛆ...-ᛘ᛫ᛁ...-᛫ᚾᛆᚦᛁ᛫ᚢᛋ᛫ᛋᛁᚼᚦᛆᚦ᛫ᚼᛆᚾᛋ᛫ᚼᚢᛋᛒᚱᚤᛁᛆ᛫ᛋᚢᛘ᛫...᛫ᛒᛁᚦ-...

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

Old Norse

Jésús Krist náði Hallvéar sál! Unga-Ganna húsfreyja Anga-smiðs dóttir hvílisk hér. Hverr sem ásér biði paternoster fyrir Hallvéar sál. Magister Gæfr(?) gerði mik. Bótviðr smiðr lét gera mik ... ... náði oss. Sigþjóð, hans húsfreyja, sem ... biðið(?)

English

May Jesus Christ be gracious to Hallvé's soul! Young-Ganni's housewife, Anga-smiðr's daughter rests here. Whosoever looks on, pray Our Father for Hallvé's soul. Master Gæfr(?) made me. Bótviðr the smith had me made. ... be gracious to us. Sigþjóð, his wife, who ... pray

Object

Object type: trapetsoid gravhäll
Material category: sten
Material: kalksten

Location

Parish: Gammelgarns sn
District: Kräklinge ting
Municipality: Gotland
Placement: I korgolvet.

Sources

Reading basis: The reading or interpretation was supplemented from a later source
Carver: Magister <gefs> (S)
Other identifiers: L 1724, L 1737
Reference: Snædal 2002:139f

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