Runic inscription
Or Barnes9
- Period
- Post-Viking Age m 1100-t
- Location
- Maeshowe
Inscription
§A᛫ᛁᚾᚵᛁᛒᛁᚮᚱᚼ᛫ᚼᛁᚾ᛫ᚠᛆᚼᚱᛆ᛫ᛆᚼᚴᛁᛆ
§B᛫ᛘᚯᚱᚼᚴ᛫ᚴᚮᚾᛆ᛫ᚼᛆᚠᛂᚱ᛫ᚠᛆᚱᛂᛏ᛫ᛚᚢᛏ᛫ᛁᚾ᛫ᚼᛂᚱ᛫ᛘᛁᚼᚵᛁᛚ᛫ᚮᚠᛚᛆᛏᛂ
§C᛫ᛆᚱᛚᛁᚴᚱ
This is a normalized form and may not represent the exact runic forms in the inscription.
Old Norse
§A Ingibjôrg, hin fagra ekkja.
§B Môrg kona hefir farit lút inn hér. Mikill ofláti.
§C Erlingr.
English
§A Ingibjôrg, the fair widow.
§B Many a wife has travelled stooping in here. A great show-off.
§C Erlingr
Data from the Scandinavian Runic-text Database:nordiska.uu.se/forskn/samnord.htm
