Runic inscription
N 102
- Period
- Viking Age
- Location
- Hønen
Inscription
ᚢᛏ᛫ᚢᚴ᛫ᚢᛁᛏ᛫ᚢᚴ᛫ᚦᚢᚱᛒᛅ᛫ᚦᛁᚱᚢ᛫ᚢᚴ᛫ᛅᛋ᛫ᚢᛁᚾᚴᛅᛚᛏᚬ᛫ᛁᛋᛅ᛫ᛁ᛫ᚢᛒᚢᚴᚦ᛫ᛅᚦ᛫ᚴᚢᛅᛘᚢ᛫ᛅᚢᚦ᛫ᛘᛅ᛫ᛁᛚᛏ᛫ᚢᛁᚴᛅᛏᛅᚢᛁ᛫ᛅᚱ
This is a normalized form and may not represent the exact runic forms in the inscription.
Old Norse
Út ok vítt, ok þurfa þerru ok áts, vindkalda á ísa, í óbygð at kómu. Auð má illt vega, at deyji ár.
English
Abroad and afar and in need of dry clothes and food, they came in to the wilderness; up on the cold, wind-swept ice. Evil - whereby one may die early - can take away riches.
Images
Hønensteinen, runer —Sophus Bugge, Norges Indskrifter med de yngre Runer : Hønen-Runerne fra Ringerike (1902); https://www.nb.no/items/61a32daf8b2ec56b6f4222b114edf017?page=5
Data from the Scandinavian Runic-text Database:nordiska.uu.se/forskn/samnord.htm
