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Runic inscription

Or Barnes21

Period
Post-Viking Age m 1100-t
Location
Maeshowe

Inscription

ᛁᚵᛁᚴᛆᚱᚦ᛫ᛁᚱ᛫ᚴᚤᚾᛆᚾᛆ᛫ᛁᚾ᛫ᚢᛆᚾᛋᛏᛆ

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

Old Norse

Ingigerðr er <kynæna> in vænsta.

English

Ingigerðr is the most beautiful woman(?)

Object

Object type
gravkummel
Material category
sten

Location

District
Orkney

Sources

Rune types
norska
Other identifiers
Br Barnes21
Notes
Tidigare signum: Br Barnes21.

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