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Runic inscription

Or 14

Period
Post-Viking Age
Location
Tuquoy

Inscription

ᚦᚮᚱᛋᛏ--ᚾ᛫ᛆᛁᚾᛆᚱᛋ᛫ᛋᚢᚾᚱ᛫ᚱᛆᛁᛋᛏ᛫ᚱᚢ-ᛆᚱ᛫ᚦᛁᛋᛆᚱ

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

Old Norse

Þorsteinn Einars sonr reist rúnar þessar.

English

Þorsteinn Einarr's son carved these runes.

Object

Object type
runsten
Material category
sten

Location

District
Westray, Orkney
Placement
Edinburgh, Croft-an-Righ Historic Scotland store

Sources

Other identifiers
Br Or14
Reference
Barnes 1992:40; Barnes & Page 2006
Notes
Fyndnr 163. Tidigare signum: Br Or14.

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