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Runic inscription

GR 15

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

Inscription

ᚦᛆᛋᛁ᛫ᚴᚮᚾᛆ᛫ᚢᛆᚱ᛫ᛚᛆᚵᚦ᛫ᚠᛁᚱᛁ᛫ᛒᚮᚱᚦ᛫ᛁ᛫ᚵᚱᚯᚾᛆᛚᛆz᛫ᚼᛆᚠᛂ᛫ᛆᚱ᛫ᚵᚢᚦᚢᛂᚼ᛫ᚼᛂᛏ

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Old Norse

Þessi kona var lagð fyrir borð í Grœnalands hafi, er Guðveig hét.

English

This woman, who was called Guðveig, was laid overboard in the Greenland sea.

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