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Runic inscription

GR 51

Period
Post-Viking Age
Location
Umiviiarsuk (V 52a)

Inscription

ᛘᛆᚱᛁᛆ᛫ᛘᛂᛘᚮᚱ᛫ᛂ-᛫ᛏᚢ᛫ᚢᛂᛒᛁᛏ᛫ᛏᛁ᛫ᛋᚢᚮ᛫ᛆᚢᚮ᛫ᛁ᛫ᚴᚮᚾ᛫ᛘᛁᚴᛁ᛫ᛋᛘ᛫ᚮᛁᛆᛁᛁ

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

Old Norse

Maria. Memor es tu verbum(?) tui(?) servo(?) tuo(?), in(?) quo(?) mihi(?) spem(?) dedisti(?).

English

Mary. You are mindful of the word of your servant, in which you gave me hope(?).

Object

Object type
fiskformat radband eller amulett
Material category
trä
Material
trä

Location

District
Vesterbygd (Grönland)
Municipality
Sermersooq
Placement
Nationalmuseet, København (D12487)

Sources

Reading basis
The reading or interpretation was supplemented from a later source
Rune types
spegelvänt þ translittererad e
Reference
Moltke 1936 s. 232, Liestøl 1980:45f

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