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Runic inscription

Sm 144

Period
Viking Age s 800-t
Location
Gursten

Inscription

§P

§A᛫ᛌᚢᚿᚢᛧ᛫ᚿᛆᚢᛐ᛫ᛌᛙᛁᚦᛆ᛫ᚴᛆᛐᛆ

§B᛫ᚢᛁᚠᚱᚦᛆᛧ᛫...ᚢᚿ...

§C᛫ᚴᚢᚦᛆᛌᚴᛆᚴᛁ᛫ᚠᛆᚦᛁ

§Q

§A᛫ᚴᚢᚦᛆᛌᚴᛆᚴᛁ᛫ᚠᛆᚦᛁ

§B᛫ᛌᚢᚿᚢᛧ᛫ᚿᛆᚢᛐ᛫ᛌᛙᛁᚦᛆ᛫ᚴᛆᛐᛆ

§C᛫ᚢᛁᚠ᛫ᛌᛁᚦᛆᛧ᛫ᚢᚿ...

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

Old Norse

§P

§A Sonr naut smíða Káta,

§B Véfríðar/Véfrøðar sonar.

§C Guða-Skeggi/Skakki/Skagi fáði.

§Q

§A Goða-Skeggi fáði.

§B Sonr naut smíða Káta.

§C Víf síðarr unni.

English

§P

§AB The son made good use of Káti Véfríðarson's/Véfrøðarson's handiwork.

§C Guða-Skeggi/Skakki/Skagi coloured.

§Q Goða-Skeggi (i.e. Skeggi of the goði or goðar) coloured. The son got (or: made good use of) Káti's handiwork. The wife later granted (or: permitted).

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