Runic inscription
Or Barnes4
- Period
- Post-Viking Age m 1100-t
- Location
- Maeshowe
Inscription
ᚦᛆᛏ᛫ᛘᛆᚾ᛫ᛋᛆᛏ᛫ᛂᚱ᛫ᛂᚴ᛫ᛋᛆᚼᛂ᛫ᛆᛏ᛫ᚠᛂ᛫ᚢᛆᚱ᛫ᚠᚯᚱᛏ᛫ᛆ᛫ᛒᚱᚮᛏ᛫ᚦᚱᛁᛘ᛫ᚾᚮᛏᚮᛘ᛫ᚢᛆᚱ᛫ᚠᛂ᛫ᛒᚱᚯᛏ᛫ᚠᚯᚱᛏ᛫ᚼᛆᛚᛏᚱ᛫ᛆᚾ᛫ᚦᛆᛁᚱ᛫ᛒᚱᛂ᛫ᚼᚯᚼ᛫ᚦᛂᚾᛆ
This is a normalized form and may not represent the exact runic forms in the inscription.
Old Norse
Þat mun satt, er ek segi, at fé var fœrt á brott. Þrim nóttum var fé brott fœrt, heldr en þeir bryti haug þenna.
English
That which I say will be true, that wealth was brought away. Wealth was brought away three nights before they broke this mound.
Data from the Scandinavian Runic-text Database:nordiska.uu.se/forskn/samnord.htm
