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Runic inscription

Or Barnes23

Period
Post-Viking Age m 1100-t
Location
Maeshowe

Inscription

§A᛫ᛋᛁᛆ᛫ᚼᚯᚢᚼᚱ᛫ᚢᛆᚱ᛫ᚠᚤᚱ᛫ᛚᛆᚦᛁᚾ᛫ᚼᛆᛚᛏᚱ᛫ᛚᚮᚦᛒᚱᚮᚴᛆᚱ᛫ᛋᚤᚾᛂᚱ᛫ᚼᛆᚾᛆᚱ

§B᛫ᚦᛆᛁᚱ᛫ᚢᚯᚱᚮ᛫ᚼᚢᛆᛏᛂᚱ᛫ᛋᛚᛁᛏ᛫ᚢᚯᚱᚮ᛫ᛘᛆᚾ᛫ᛋᛆᛘ᛫ᚦᛆᛁᚱ᛫ᚢᚯᚱᚮ᛫ᚠᚤᚱᛂ᛫ᛋᛂᚱ

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

Old Norse

§A Sá haugr var fyrr hlaðinn heldr Loðbrókar. Synir hennar,

§B þeir váru hvatir, slíkt váru menn, sem þeir váru fyrir sér.

English

§A This mound was constructed before Loðbrók's. Her sons,

§B they were daring; such were men as they were of themselves (= they were the sort of people you would really call men).

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