Runic inscription
Or Barnes24
- Period
- Post-Viking Age m 1100-t
- Location
- Maeshowe
Inscription
§A᛫ᛁᚮᚱᛋᛆᛚᛆᚠᛆᚱᛆᚱ᛫ᛒᚱᚢᛏᚢ᛫ᚮᚱᚴᚯᚢᚼ᛫ᛚᛁᚠ᛫ᛘᛏᛋᛆᛁᛚᛁᛆ᛫ᛁᛆᚱᛚᛋ
§B᛫ᚱᛆᛁᛋᛏ
This is a normalized form and may not represent the exact runic forms in the inscription.
Old Norse
§A Jórsalafarar brutu Orkhaug. Hlíf, matselja jarls,
§B reist.
English
§A Jerusalem-travellers broke Orkhaugr. Hlíf, the earl's houskeeper,
§B carved.
Data from the Scandinavian Runic-text Database:nordiska.uu.se/forskn/samnord.htm
