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Runic inscription

GR 1

Period
Post-Viking Age
Location
Kingittorsuaq

Inscription

ᛂᛚᛚᛁᚴᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚴᚢᛆᚦᛋ᛫ᛋᚮᚾᚱ᛫ᚮᚴ᛫ᛒᛆᛆᚾᚾᛂ᛫ᛏᚮᚱᛏᛆᚱ᛫ᛋᚮᚾ᛫ᚮᚴ᛫ᛂᚾᚱᛁᚦᛁ᛫ᚮᛋ᛫ᛋᚮᚾ᛫ᛚᛆᚢᚴᛆᚱᛑᛆᚴᛁᚾ᛫ᚠᚤᚱᛁᚱ᛫ᚵᛆᚴᚾᛑᛆᚵ᛫ᚼᛚᚮᚦᚢ᛫ᚢᛆᚱᛑᛆ᛫ᛏᛂ᛫ᚮᚴ᛫ᚱᚤᛑᚢ᛫??????

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Old Norse

Erlingr Sighvats sonr ok Bjarni Þórðar sonr ok Eindriði Odds sonr laugardagin fyrir gagndag hlóðu varða þessa ok ... ...

English

Erlingr Sighvatrs son and Bjarni Þorðr's son and Eindriði Oddr's son, constructed these cairns the Saturday before Rogation Day, and ...

Object

Object type
sten
Material category
sten
Material
fyllit

Location

Municipality
Qaasuitsup
Placement
Nationalmuseet, København (MCCXII, A 712)

Sources

Rune types
e-runorna med ring, runa 1 dessutom två punkter i ringen, punkterade s-runor
Other identifiers
L 1859
Reference
Olsen 1949a s. 52
Notes
Speciella inledningstecken på 1:a och 2:a raden (av några uppfattade som lönnrunor).

Images

Gron-rune-kingigtorssuaq

Gron-rune-kingigtorssuaq —Runemaster is unknown; http://www.arild-hauge.com/gron-greenland.htm

Source ·Public Domain Mark 1.0

Skifersten med runer fra Kingittorsuaq, Upernavik

Skifersten med runer fra Kingittorsuaq, Upernavik —Lennart Larsen; Nationalmuseet

Source ·CC BY-SA 4.0

Runeindskrift, Kingittorsuaq, Grønland

Runeindskrift, Kingittorsuaq, Grønland —Lisbeth Imer; Nationalmuseet, Danmark

Source ·CC BY-SA 4.0

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