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Runic inscription

GR 9

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

Inscription

ᚦᚢᚱᛚᛁᛒᚱ᛫ᚴᚮᚱᚦᛁ᛫ᚴᚱᚤᛋ᛫ᛏᛆᚾᛆ᛫ᛏᛁᛚᚢᚠᛋ᛫ᚮᚴ᛫ᛏᚤᚱᚴᚢᚾᛆᚱ᛫ᚴᚤᚦᛁ᛫ᚮᛚᛘᚮᚴᚴᚢᛘ

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

Old Norse

Þórleifr gerði kross þenna til lofs ok dýrkunar Guði almátkum.

English

Þorleifr made this cross to praise and worship almighty God.

Object

Object type
kors
Material category
trä
Material
trä

Location

District
Østerbygd (Grönland)
Municipality
Kujalleq
Placement
Nationalmuseet, København (D10652), deponerat i Nunatta Katersugaasiviata Allagaateqarfiatalu, Nuuk (Grønlands nationalmuseum & arkiv)

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