Runic inscription
Or Barnes8
- Period
- Post-Viking Age m 1100-t
- Location
- Maeshowe
Inscription
§A᛫...ᚼᛆ᛫-ᚱ᛫ᛘ-ᚱ᛫ᛋ--ᛏ᛫ᛆᛏ᛫ᚠ-᛫-ᚱ᛫--ᚱ᛫ᚠ-ᛚ--ᛏ᛫-ᚱ-ᛏ᛫ᚢᛁᛚ᛫ᛋᛆᚼᛁᛆ᛫ᚠ--ᚱ᛫ᛋᚮᛘ᛫ᚮᛏᚱ
§B᛫ᚮᚱᚴᛆ᛫ᛋᚮᚾᚱ᛫ᛋᛆᚼᚦᛁ᛫ᛆ᛫ᚱᚢᚾᚮᛘ᛫ᚦᛆᛁᛘ᛫ᛁᚱ᛫ᚼᛆᚾ᛫ᚱᛁᛋᛏ-
This is a normalized form and may not represent the exact runic forms in the inscription.
Old Norse
§A ... er mér sagt at fé er hér folgit œrit vel. Segja fáir sem Oddr
§B Orka sonr sagði á rúnum þeim er hann reist.
English
§A ... is said to me that wealth is concealed well enough here. Few say as Oddr
§B Orki's(?) son said in those runes which he carved.
Data from the Scandinavian Runic-text Database:nordiska.uu.se/forskn/samnord.htm

