N 248

Inscription

§A᛫ᛂᛋᛋᛂ᛫ᚴᚱᚢᛌᛂᛘ᛫ᛏᚮᛘᛁᚾᛁ᛫ᚠᚢᚵᛁᛏᛂ᛫ᛔᛆᚱᛏᛂᛋ᛫ᛆᛏᚢᛂᚱᛋᛂ᛫ᚢᛁᛌᛁᛏ᛫ᛚᛂᚮ᛫ᛑᛂ᛫ᛏᚱᛁᛒᚢ᛫ᛁᚢᛏᛆ᛫ᚱᛆᛏᛁᚴᛋ᛫ᛏᛆᚢᛁᛏ

§B᛫ᚴᚢᛆᛏᚢᚮᚱ᛫ᚵᚱᛆᚾᛆ᛫ᛁᚾ᛫ᛔᛂᚾᛏᛆᛚᚢᛘ᛫ᚴᚢᚮ᛫ᚠᚮᚾ...᛫...-ᛁ᛫ᛆᛆᚱᚮᚾ᛫ᛁᛂᛋᛋᚢᛋ᛫ᚴᚱᛁᛋᛏᚢᛋ

§C᛫ᛘᛆᚱᛁᚴᚢᛋ᛫ᛘᛆᚦᛂᚢᛋ᛫ᛚᚢᚴᛆᛋ᛫ᛁᚮᚼ--ᚼᛆᚾᚾᛂᛋ

§D᛫ᛏᛂᛏᚱᛆᚵᚱᛆᛘᛆᛏᚮᚾ᛫ᛆᛏᛔᚼᛆ᛫ᛂᛏ᛫ᚮ

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

Old Norse

§A Ecce crucem Domini, fugite partes adversæ. Vicit leo de tribu Juda, radix David.

§B Quatuor grammis in petalon quo fronte tulit Aaron, Jesus Christus.

§C Marcus, Matthæus, Lucas, Johannes.

§D Tetragrammaton. Alpha et Omega.

English

§A Behold the cross of the Lord; flee, you hostile powers. The lion of the tribe of Juda, the root of David, has conquered.

§B Four letters on the forehead-plate that Aaron bore on his forehead, Jesus Christ.

§C Mark, Matthew, Luke, John.

§D Tetragrammaton. Alpha and Omega.