N 171

Inscription

...᛫ᚼ-ᛚᚢ-ᚱᚦᚱ᛫ᚴᚱᛂᚾᛋᚴᛂ᛫ᚱᛆᛁᛋᛏ᛫ᚢᛁᚾᛆᚱ᛫ᚦᛂᛋᚱ᛫ᛋᛆᛚ᛫ᛂᚱ᛫ᛋᛆ᛫ᛂᚱ᛫ᛋᚢᛁᚴᛁ᛫-ᚠᚤᛚᛆ᛫ᛋᚮᚱᚼ᛫ᚱᛂᛁᚴᛆᚱ᛫ᛏᚮᚼᛂ᛫ᚵᚱᛆᛁᛏᛁᛋ᛫ᛋᚮᛏ᛫ᛆᛏ᛫ᚴᛆᛏᛂ᛫ᚵᛂᛚᛏᚱ᛫ᛆᛁᚦᛆᚱ᛫ᚦᛆᛋ᛫ᛆᛚᛏᚱᛁ᛫ᛂᚱᛆ᛫ᚠᛂᚾᛒᚱᛆᚢᚼᚦᚢᛘ᛫ᚠᛚᛆᚼᚦᛆ᛫ᚠᛆᛚᚾᛂᚱ᛫ᚾᛁᚦᚱ᛫ᛘᛂᚦ᛫ᛆᚢᛚᚢ᛫ᚼᛆᚢᚴᛆᚱ᛫ᛒᛆᛚᛏᛋ᛫ᛆᚢᚴ᛫ᚼᛆᛚᛏᛆ᛫ᚼᚢᚼᛋᛏᚱᛁᚦᛁ᛫ᛒᚤᚱ...

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Old Norse

... Hallvarðr Grenski reist rúnar þessar. Sæll er, sá er svíki, fýla, sorg á reikar torgi Grettis sótt at gæti, geldr eiðar þess aldri. Er-a feiknbrôgðum flagða fallnir niðr með ôllu haukar Baldrs, ok halda hugstríði byrskíða.

English

... Hallvarðr from Grenland (lower Telemark) carved these runes. Never is he fortunate, the brute who betrays: (he can) expect to get sorrow on the hair-part's turf (ie on his head); (he will) pay for this (broken) oath. The breeze-blown skis ( = ships) of Baldr's hawks ( = the warriors) (ie the sea-warriors) are not all felled through the baleful deeds of ogresses, and (they) hold the memory of battle.