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Runic inscription

N KJ40

Period
Pre-Viking Age 560/570-600 (Imer 2007)
Location
Setre

Inscription

ᚺᛋᛚ᛫ᛗᛋᛘ᛫ᛗᛋ᛫ᚢᚾᛋ᛫ᛋᛚᚢ᛫ᚾᚫ᛫ᛋᛚᚢ᛫ᚾᚫᚾᛋ

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

Old Norse

Hôll mær ma una, ôllu naa, ôllu nenna.

English

Leaning maiden may repose, attain everything, be pleased with everything.

Object

Object type
kam
Material category
ben/horn
Material
ben

Location

Parish
Bømlo sn
District
Hordaland fylke
Municipality
Bømlo
Placement
Bergen museum (B8350)

Sources

Reading basis
The reading or interpretation was supplemented from a later source
Reference
Grønvik 1987:7-29; <http://www.runenprojekt.uni-kiel.de/abfragen/standard/deutung2_eng.asp?findno=59&ort=Setre&objekt=kam>

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