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Runic inscription

Or Barnes28

Period
Post-Viking Age m 1100-t
Location
Maeshowe

Inscription

ᚯᚴᚯᚾ᛫ᛆᛁᚾ᛫ᛒᛆᚱ᛫ᚠᛂ᛫ᚤᚱ᛫ᚯᚢᚼᛁ᛫ᚦᛁᛋᚢᛘ

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

Old Norse

Hákon einn bar fé ór haugi þessum.

English

Hákon alone carried wealth out of this mound.

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