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Runic inscription

Or Barnes26

Period
Post-Viking Age m 1100-t
Location
Maeshowe

Inscription

ᚦᛆᛏ᛫ᚢᛆᚱ᛫ᛚᚯᚴᚮ᛫ᛂᚱ᛫ᚼᛂᚱ᛫ᚢᛆᚱ᛫ᚠᛂ᛫ᚠᚮᛚᚼᚴᛂᛏ᛫ᛘᛁᚴᛂᛏ

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

Old Norse

Þat var lôngu, er hér var fé folgit mikit.

English

It was long ago that great wealth was concealed here.

Object

Object type
gravkummel
Material category
sten

Location

District
Orkney

Sources

Rune types
norska
Other identifiers
Br Barnes26
Notes
Tidigare signum: Br Barnes26.

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