N 648

Inscription

§A᛫ᚼᛆᚢᚵᚱᛁᛘᛁ᛫ᚠᛂᛚᛆᚵ᛫ᛋᛁᚾᚢᛘ᛫ᛋᛂᚾᛑᛁᚱ᛫ᚦᚮᚱᛂᚱ᛫ᚠᛆᚵᚱ᛫ᚴᛆᛁᚦᛁᚢ᛫ᚵᚢᚦᛋ᛫ᚮᚴ᛫ᛋᛁᚾᚾᛆ᛫ᛋᛆᚾᚾᛆᚾ᛫ᚠᛚᛆᛋᚴᛆᛔ᛫ᚮᚴ᛫ᚢᛁᚾᛆᛏᚮ᛫ᛘᛆᚱᛏ᛫ᛋᚴᚮᚱᛏᛂᚱ

§B᛫ᛘᛁᚴ᛫ᚠᛂᛚᛆᚵ᛫ᛂᚴᛁ᛫ᛂᚱ᛫ᛘᚢᚾᚵᛆᛏᛂᛏ᛫ᛆᛁᚾᚴᛁ᛫ᚠᛁᛋᚴᛆᚱᚾᛁᚱ᛫ᚢᛁᛚ᛫ᛂᚴ᛫ᛆᛏ᛫ᚦᚢ᛫ᚢᛁᛏᛁᚱ᛫ᛂᚾ᛫ᛆᚵᛁ᛫ᚴᚱᛆᚠ

§C᛫ᚦᚢ᛫ᛒᛁᚦ᛫ᛒᚮᚾᛑᛆᚾᚾ᛫ᚴᚮᛘᛆ᛫ᛋᚢᚦᚱ᛫ᛏᛁᛚᛚ᛫ᚢᛆᚱ᛫ᚮᚴ᛫ᛋᛁᛆ᛫ᚼᚢᛏ᛫ᚮᛋ᛫ᛚᛁᚦᚱ᛫ᛂᚵᚵᛆ᛫ᚼᛆᚾ᛫ᛏᛁᛚ᛫ᛂᚾ᛫ᚴᚱᛆᚠ᛫ᚦᚢ᛫ᛂᛁᛋᚴᛁᛋ᛫ᛚᚢᛏᛆ᛫ᛘᛂᚱ᛫ᚮᚴ᛫ᛆᚵᛁ᛫ᛚᛆ᛫ᚦᚢ

§D᛫ᚦᚮᛋᛏᛆᛁᚾ᛫ᛚᛆᚾᚴ᛫ᚢᛁᛏᛆ᛫ᛋᛂᚾ᛫ᛘᛂᚱ᛫ᚼᛆᛌᚴᛆ᛫ᚾᚮᚴᚮᚱᛆ᛫ᛂᚢ᛫ᛋᛁᚵᚱᛁᚦ᛫ᚦᛆᚱᚢ᛫ᚾᚮᚴᚮᛋ᛫ᚦᛆ᛫ᛒᛁᚮᚦ᛫ᚼᛂᚾᚾᛂ᛫ᚼᛁᛁᛏ᛫ᚦᚢ᛫ᛘᛂᚱ᛫ᛂᚴᚴᛁ᛫ᚢᛂᛏᛆ᛫ᚼᚤᚦ᛫ᚢᛆᛚᛆᚦᛁ

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

Old Norse

§A Hafgrími, félag sínum, sendir Þórir Fagr kveðju Guðs ok sína, sannan félagskap ok vináttu. Mart skortir

§B mik, félagi! Ekki er mungátit, eingi fiskarnir. Vil ek at þú vitir, en eigi kref

§C þú. Bið bóndann koma suðr til vár ok sjá hvat oss líðr. Eggja hann til, en kref þú einskis hluta mér, ok eigi lát þú

§D Þorstein Lang vita. Send mér hanzka nôkkura. Ef Sigríðr þarf nôkurs, þá bjóð henni. Heit þú mér ekki vetta hýð válaði.

English

§A Þórir the Fair sends to Hafgrímr his partner his own and God's greeting, and true partnership and friendship. I am lacking much,

§B partner; there is no beer, nor fish. I want you to know this, and not make demands.

§C Order the husbandman to come south to us and see how we are suffering. Urge him to it, and don't make demands for more lots from me; and do not let

§D Þorsteinn Long know. Send me some gloves. If Sigríðr is in need of anything, then offer her. Promise that you will not beat me (at all) for my poverty!