Runic inscription

G 21

Period: Post-Viking Age s 1200-t - b 1300-t
Location: Öja kyrka

Inscription

ᛁᛆᚴᛆᚢᛒᛋ᛫ᛋᚤᚾᛁᚱ᛫ᛆ᛫ᛒᚢᚱᚼ᛫ᛚᛁᛏᚢ᛫ᚵᛁᛆᚱᛆ᛫ᛋᛏᛆᛁᚾ᛫ᚤᚡᛁᚱ᛫ᚠᛆᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛂᚾ᛫ᚮᚴ᛫ᛒᚱᚮᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛂᚾ᛫ᚼᛂᚱᛆ᛫ᚾᛁᚴᚢᛚᛆᛋ᛫ᛋᚢᛘ᛫ᚮᚱᛆ᛫ᚴᛁᚱᚴᛁᚢ᛫ᛆᛏᛁ᛫ᛘᛂᚾ᛫ᚵᚢᚦ᛫ᚢᛁᛚᛑᛁ᛫ᛒᛁᚦᛁᚾ᛫ᚠᚤᚱᛁ᛫ᚦᛆᛁᚱᛆ᛫ᛋᛁᛆᛚᚢᛘ᛫ᚮᚴ᛫ᚼᛂᚼᚢᛆᛚᛑᛁ᛫...᛫ᛋᚤᚾᛁ᛫ᚦᛆᛁᚱ᛫ᚼᚢᛁᛚᛆᛋ᛫ᚼᛁᛂᚱ᛫ᚢᚾᛑᛁᚱ᛫ᚮᛚᛂ᛫ᛚᚢᚦᛆᚱ᛫ᚵᛁᛆᚱᚦᛁ᛫ᛘᛁᚴ

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

Old Norse

Jakobs synir á Burg/Burge létu gera stein yfir fôður sinn ok bróður sinn, herra Nikulás, sem vára kirkju átti, men Guð vildi. Biðið fyrir þeira sálum ok Hegvaldi, ... syni. Þeir hvílask hér undir. Óli <luþar> gerði mik.

English

Jakobr of Burg/Burge's sons had the stone made over their father and their brother, Sire Nikulás, who owned our church (= was its paster) while God willed it. Pray for their souls and for Hegvaldr ... son. They are resting hereunder. Óli <luþar> made me.

Object

Object type: gravhäll
Material category: sten
Material: gråvit kalksten

Location

Parish: Öja sn
District: Hoburgs ting
Municipality: Gotland
Placement: Under tak utanför kyrkogårdsmuren.

Sources

Carver: Ole <luþar> (S)
Other identifiers: L 1791

Images

**Öja kyrka** —Bengt A. Lundberg; Bengt A Lundberg / Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet This file was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the Swedish National Heritage Board as part of the cooperation project Connected Open Heritage with Wikimedia Sverige . This file was made available by Riksantikvarieämbetet as part of the Connected Open Heritage project. The project is led by Wikimedia Sverige in cooperation with UNESCO, Wikimedia Italia and Cultural Heritage without Borders and is financed by a project grant from the Culture Foundation of the Swedish Postcode Lottery .; Bengt A Lundberg / Riksantikvarieämbetet
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Data from the Scandinavian Runic-text Database:nordiska.uu.se/forskn/samnord.htm