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Runic inscription

G 21

Period
Post-Viking Age s 1200-t - b 1300-t
Location
Öja kyrka

Inscription

ᛁᛆᚴᛆᚢᛒᛋ᛫ᛋᚤᚾᛁᚱ᛫ᛆ᛫ᛒᚢᚱᚼ᛫ᛚᛁᛏᚢ᛫ᚵᛁᛆᚱᛆ᛫ᛋᛏᛆᛁᚾ᛫ᚤᚡᛁᚱ᛫ᚠᛆᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛂᚾ᛫ᚮᚴ᛫ᛒᚱᚮᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛂᚾ᛫ᚼᛂᚱᛆ᛫ᚾᛁᚴᚢᛚᛆᛋ᛫ᛋᚢᛘ᛫ᚮᚱᛆ᛫ᚴᛁᚱᚴᛁᚢ᛫ᛆᛏᛁ᛫ᛘᛂᚾ᛫ᚵᚢᚦ᛫ᚢᛁᛚᛑᛁ᛫ᛒᛁᚦᛁᚾ᛫ᚠᚤᚱᛁ᛫ᚦᛆᛁᚱᛆ᛫ᛋᛁᛆᛚᚢᛘ᛫ᚮᚴ᛫ᚼᛂᚼᚢᛆᛚᛑᛁ᛫...᛫ᛋᚤᚾᛁ᛫ᚦᛆᛁᚱ᛫ᚼᚢᛁᛚᛆᛋ᛫ᚼᛁᛂᚱ᛫ᚢᚾᛑᛁᚱ᛫ᚮᛚᛂ᛫ᛚᚢᚦᛆᚱ᛫ᚵᛁᛆᚱᚦᛁ᛫ᛘᛁᚴ

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Old Norse

Jakobs synir á Burg/Burge létu gera stein yfir fôður sinn ok bróður sinn, herra Nikulás, sem vára kirkju átti, men Guð vildi. Biðið fyrir þeira sálum ok Hegvaldi, ... syni. Þeir hvílask hér undir. Óli <luþar> gerði mik.

English

Jakobr of Burg/Burge's sons had the stone made over their father and their brother, Sire Nikulás, who owned our church (= was its paster) while God willed it. Pray for their souls and for Hegvaldr ... son. They are resting hereunder. Óli <luþar> made me.

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