Runic inscription
N 640
- Period
- Post-Viking Age s 1100-t
- Location
- Søre Søstergården, Bryggen, Bergen
Inscription
§A᛫ᛋᛆᛏᚮᚱ᛫ᛆᚱᛂᛒᚮ᛫ᛏᛂᚾᛂᚦ᛫ᚮᛒᛂᚱᛆ᛫ᚱᚮᛏᛆᛋ
§B᛫ᛆᛂᚴᚱᛆ᛫ᚱᚴᚱᛂ᛫ᛆᚱᛘᛆᚾ᛫ᚾᚢᛘᛆᚾᛋᛁᚴᚾᚢᛘᛏ᛫ᛆᚱᛆᛘ᛫ᚱ
§C᛫ᛆᛂᚴᚱᛆ᛫ᚱᚴᚱᛂ᛫ᛆᚱᛘᛆᚾ᛫ᚾᚢᛘᛆᚾᛋᛁᚴᚾᚢᛘᛏ᛫ᛆᚱᛆᛘ
§D᛫ᚴᚮᚾᛌᚢᛘᛘᛆᛏᚢᛘ᛫ᛆᛌᛏ᛫ᚴᛚᛆᛋ᛫ᛆ
This is a normalized form and may not represent the exact runic forms in the inscription.
Old Norse
§A sator arepo tenet opera rotas
§B Acre, acre ærnem ... ærnem ...
§C Acre, acre ærnem ... ærnem
§D Consummatum est. Klas á
English
§A Sator, Arepo, Tenet, Opera, Rotas (= from the 'Devil's Square' palindrome).
§B <acre acre ærnem> ... <ærnem> ...
§C <acre acre ærnem> ... <ærnem>
§D It is fulfilled. Klas owns.
Data from the Scandinavian Runic-text Database:nordiska.uu.se/forskn/samnord.htm
