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Runic inscription

GR 13

Period
Post-Viking Age
Location
Ikigaat/Herjolfsnes (Ø 111)

Inscription

ᛘᛆᚱᛁᛆ᛫ᛁᛚᚤᛁᚼᛁ--᛫ᛁᚤ᛫ᛁᚤᛆᚾᛁᛋ᛫ᚠᛆᚦᛁᛁᚱ᛫-ᛁᛋᚢ᛫ᛏᛁᚢᛋ᛫ᛘᛁᚢᛋ᛫ᛁᛚᚤᛁ᛫ᚤᚴ᛫ᛋᚢᚾᚱ᛫ᚤᚴ᛫ᛆᚾᛏᛁ

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

Old Norse

María, Eloihim, Jóhannes Jóhannes faðir Jesus deus meus Eloi ok sonr ok andi.

English

Mary, Eloihim, John, John, father, Jesus, my God, Eloi, and the son and the spirit.

Object

Object type
kors
Material category
trä
Material
trä

Location

District
Østerbygd (Grönland)
Municipality
Kujalleq
Placement
Nationalmuseet, København (D10639)

Sources

Rune types
stungna u-runor (Y)
Reference
Olsen 1949a s. 55

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