Runic inscription
N B596
- Period
- Post-Viking Age ca 1200 (?)
- Location
- Rosenkrantzgaten 4, Bryggen, Bergen
Inscription
§A᛫ᚦᛁᛋᛁᛂᛚᛆᛔᚱᛁᚢᛑᛏᚱᚮᛏ᛫ᛂᛋᛚᛆᛘᛆ᛫ᛑᚢx᛫ᛁxᛏᛚᚢᛏᚱᚦᛁ᛫ᚾᛆᛆᛚ
§B᛫ᛘᛆᚢᚴᚱᛋ᛫ᚴᚴᛘᛆᛆᛋᛆᛘᛁᛆᚾᚢᛋ᛫ᛘᛆᚾ᛫ᛘᛆᚱᛏᛁᛚᛁᛁᛏᚾᚢᛋ᛫ᛘᚢᛁᚾᛏᛏᛏᛚᚮᛁᛚᚢᛋᛁ
§C᛫ᚮᚴᛌᛆᛆᛆᛚᛆᚴᚦᛆ?᛫ᛑᛏᚱᚮᚴᛂ᛫ᛏᚮᛘᛆᚾᛂ᛫ᛑᛂᚮᛁ᛫ᛘᛂᚮᛋ᛫ᚴᚮᚾᛋᚮᛘᛆᛏᛘ᛫ᛆᛋᛏ᛫ᚾᛆᛆᛚ
§D᛫ᛏᛁᚢ᛫ᚾᛂᛏᚱ᛫ᛂᛂᛂᚱᚮ᛫ᚠᚱᛆ᛫ᛂᚮᚼᚾᛂᛋᛁᚴᚢᛆᛏᚮᛂᚼ᛫ᛘᛆᚱᚴᚢᛋ᛫ᛏᛚᚼᚠᛆᛋ᛫ᚮᛆᚠᛆᚾᛋᛋ
§E᛫ᚾᛆᛆᛚ
§F᛫ᚾᛆᛆᛚ
This is a normalized form and may not represent the exact runic forms in the inscription.
Old Norse
§A ... ... dux(?) ... ...
§B ... Maximianus, Malchus(?), Martinianus ...
§C ... Dirige(?), Domine, Deus meus. Consummatum est. ...
§D Tíu nætr eru frá ... Marcus, Lucas(?), Johannes(?)
§E ...
§F ...
English
§A ... leader(?) ...
§B ... Maximianus, Malchus, Martinianus (= three of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus) ...
§C ... Determine(?), Lord, my God. It is fulfilled. ...
§D Ten nights are from ... Mark, Luke, John.
§E ...
§F ... ...
Data from the Scandinavian Runic-text Database:nordiska.uu.se/forskn/samnord.htm

