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Runic inscription

GR 4

Period
Post-Viking Age
Location
Igaliku/Gardar (Ø 47)

Inscription

ᚢᛁᚵᛑᛁᛋ᛫ᛘ᛫ᛑ᛫ᚼᚢᛁᛚᛁᚱ᛫ᚼᛂᚱ᛫ᚵᛚᛂᚧᛂ᛫ᚵᚢᚦ᛫ᛋᛆᛚ᛫ᚼᛂᚾᛆᚱ

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Old Norse

Vígdís ... dóttir hvílir hér. Gleði Guð sál hennar.

English

Vígdís ... daughter rests here. May God gladden her soul.

Object

Object type
gravhäll
Material category
sten
Material
sandsten

Location

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

Sources

Rune types
speciell ð-runa
Other identifiers
L 2072
Reference
Olsen 1949a s. 54

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