Runic inscription
N B448
- Period
- Post-Viking Age
- Location
- Bryggen, Bergen
Inscription
§AP᛫ᛋᛁᚵᚢᚱᚦᚱ᛫ᛚᛆᚢᛆᚱᚦᚱ᛫ᛋᛆᚾᛑᛁᚱ᛫ᚴᚢᛆᚦᛁᚮ᛫--᛫ᚵᚢᚦᛋ᛫ᚮᚴ᛫ᛋᛁᚾᛆ᛫ᛋᛘᛁᚦ᛫ᚦᛁᚾᛆ᛫ᚢᛁᛚᛑᛁ᛫ᚴ᛫ᚼᛆᚢᛆ᛫ᚢᛘ
§AQ᛫ᛋᛁᚵᚢᚱᚦᚱ᛫ᛚᛆᚢᛆᚱᚦᚱ᛫ᛋᛆᚾᛑᛁᚱ᛫ᚴᚢᛆᚦᛁᚮ᛫--᛫ᚵᚢᚦᛋ᛫ᚮᚴ᛫ᛋᛁᚾᛆ᛫ᛋᛘᛁᚦ᛫ᚦᛁᚾᛆ᛫ᚢᛁᛚᛑᛁ᛫ᚴ᛫ᚼᛆᚢᛆ᛫ᚢᛘ
§B᛫ᚢᛆᛔᚾᛆᛒᚢᚾᛆᚦ᛫ᛑᛏ᛫---᛫ᛋᛔᛁᚮᛏ᛫ᛆ᛫ᛆ--ᛆᚾ᛫ᛆᛚᚾᚢᛘ᛫ᛁᛆᚱᚾᛋ᛫ᛆᚱ᛫ᛂᚴ᛫ᛋᛆᚾᛑᛁ᛫ᚦᛁᚱ᛫ᛘᛆᚦ᛫ᛁᚮᛆᚾᛁ
§C᛫ᚯᚱᛆ᛫ᚾᚢ᛫ᛂᚱ᛫ᚦᛆᛏ᛫ᛒᚯᚾ᛫ᛘᛁᚾ᛫ᛆᛁ᛫ᛒᛁᚦᛁᛆ᛫ᚦᛁᚴ᛫ᛆᛏ᛫ᚦᚢ᛫ᛋᛁᚱ᛫ᛘᛂᚱ᛫ᛆᚢᚦᛒᚯᚾ᛫ᚾᚢ᛫ᚢᛘ᛫ᚦᛆᛏᛆ᛫ᛘᛆᛚ᛫ᛁ
§D᛫ᛁᚾ᛫ᛆᚠ᛫ᚦᚢ᛫ᚵᛁᚱᛁᚱ᛫ᚾᚢ᛫ᛘᛁᚾ᛫ᚢᛁᛚᛁᛆ᛫ᚦᛆ᛫ᛋᚴᛆᛚᛏ᛫ᚦᚢ᛫ᛋᛆᚾᚾᛆ᛫ᚢᛁᚾᚵᛆᚾ᛫ᚢᛆᚱᛆ᛫ᚼᛆᚢᛆ᛫ᛁ᛫ᚵᛆᚵᚾ᛫ᚾᚢ᛫ᚮᚴ᛫ᛁᛆᛘᚾᛆᚾ
This is a normalized form and may not represent the exact runic forms in the inscription.
Old Norse
§AP Sigurðr Lávarðr sendir kveðju ... Guðs ok sína. Smíð þína vilda ek hafa um
§AQ Sigurðr Lávarðr sendir kveðju ... Guðs ok sína. Smíð þína vildi konungr hafa um
§B vápnabunað at ... spjót af átján alnum jarns, er ek sendi þér með Jóhani
§C Øra. Nú er þat bœn mín at biðja þik at þú sér mér auðbœnn nú um þetta mál ...
§D En ef þú gerir nú mín vilja, þá skalt þú sanna vingan vára hafa í gegn nú ok jafnan.
English
Sigurðr Lávarðr sends God's and his greetings to ... The King (or I) would like to have your forgings for arms ... spears from the iron worth eighteen ells of russet, that I send with John Øri. I now pray you that you will do as I ask in this matter, and if you do as I say, you shall receive our true friendship now and forever.
Data from the Scandinavian Runic-text Database:nordiska.uu.se/forskn/samnord.htm

