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Runic inscription

N 344

Period
Post-Viking Age ca 1200
Location
Årdal kirke

Inscription

§A᛫ᛚᛁᚵᛂᚱ᛫ᛁ᛫ᛔᛆᛚᛂ᛫ᛚᛁᚠᛁᚱ᛫ᚼᛆᛁᛘᛋᛚᛂᚼᛆ᛫ᚼᛁᚾᚾ᛫ᛂᚱ᛫ᛒᛆᚦ᛫ᚢᚾᛑᛁᚱ᛫ᛋᛂᚱ᛫ᛒᛂᛚᛂᛁᛏᛁᚱ᛫ᛋᛑᚢᚾᛑᚢᛘ

§B᛫ᚦᛆᚱ᛫ᛘᚢᚾᚢ᛫ᛘᛆᛏᚴᛆᚱ᛫ᛘᛆᚱᚼᛂᚱ᛫ᚵᛆᚢᚵᛆ᛫ᛋᛂᛘ᛫ᛆ᛫ᛑᚢᚾᛁ᛫ᛋᚯᚠᛂᚱ᛫ᛑᚮᛏᛂᚱ᛫ᛆᛏᛚᛚᛆ

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

Old Norse

§A Liggr í palli, lifir heimskliga hinn er beð undir sér bleytir stundum.

§B Þar munu maðkar margir gaufa, sem á dúni søfr dóttir Atla.

English

§A (He) lies on the bench, lives foolishly; he who beds underneath him is sometimes soaked.

§B There will many maggots swarm, as Atli's daughter sleeps on down.

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