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Runic inscription

GR 8

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

Inscription

ᚴᚤᚦ᛫ᛆᛚᛘᛆᛏᛁᚴᚱ᛫ᚴᛆ᛫ᚴᚤᚦᛚᛁᛒᛆᚱ᛫ᚢᛆᛚ

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

Old Norse

Guð almáttigr gæti Guðleifar vel.

English

Almighty God, protect Guðleifr well.

Object

Object type
kors
Material category
trä
Material
trä

Location

District
Østerbygd (Grönland)
Municipality
Kujalleq
Placement
Nationalmuseet, København (D10633)

Sources

Rune types
stungna u-runor (Y)
Reference
Olsen 1949a s. 54

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