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4201–4300 / 6,751 inscriptions
Or Barnes20
Maeshowe
§A That man who is most rune-skilled west of the sea carved these runes §D with that axe which Gaukr Trandill's son owned in the south of the country (= Iceland).
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Maeshowe
Ingigerðr is the most beautiful woman(?)
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Maeshowe
Benedikt made this cross.
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Maeshowe
§A This mound was constructed before Loðbrók's. Her sons, §B they were daring; such were men as they were of themselves (= they were the sort of people you would really call men).
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Maeshowe
§A Jerusalem-travellers broke Orkhaugr. Hlíf, the earl's houskeeper, §B carved.
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Maeshowe
In the north-west is great wealth concealed.
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Maeshowe
It was long ago that great wealth was concealed here.
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Maeshowe
Fortunate is he who can find the great riches.
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Maeshowe
Hákon alone carried wealth out of this mound.
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Maeshowe
Símon
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Maeshowe
Sigríðr
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Maeshowe
...
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Maeshowe
Sigríðr
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Maeshowe
...
PL MLUHM1962-63;326
Kamien Pomorski
§A <fuþork>/pussy §B Kúrr(?)
PL NOR2003;19
Kaldus
John owns the gamepiece/game.
PL VK;296
Wolin, hamnen
...
RU Melnikova2001;181
Gorodishche
§A ... §B ...
RU Melnikova2001;189
Gorodishche
...
RU Melnikova2001;196
Staraja Ladoga
§A ... runes(?) ... ... §B ... ...
RU Melnikova2001;251
Novgorod
<fuþorkhniastbmlR>
RU NLT2004;5
Staraja Ladoga
... (and) steered - surrounded by the slope - down to the fertile pastureground - across the valiant men's neigbourhood a great following of plows.
Sc 1
Laws, Angus, Monifieth
Grimketill(?) ...
Sc 2
Hunterston, Strathclyde
Melbrigða owns the pin ... / Melbrigða stilkr owns [this] ...
Sc 3
Holy Island (I)
Nikulás of Hæn carved.
Sc 4
Holy Island (II)
Sveinn
Sc 5
Holy Island (III)
Ônundr carved the runes.
Sc 6
Holy Island (IV)
Ámundr
Sc 7
Holy Island (VIII)
Vígleikr [the king's] marshal carved.
Sc 8
Kilbar, Barra
In memory of Þorgerðr, Steinarr's daughter(?), this cross is raised. ... ...
Sc 9
Holy Island (VI)
Jóan
Sc 10
Inchmarnock
§A ... this cross for(?) ... §B ... cross ...
Sc 11
Thurso (I)
... made this overlay in memory of Ingulfr, his/her father.
Sc 12
Holy Island (V)
Ólafr
Sc 13
Holy Island (VII)
...
Sc 14
Iona
Kali, Ôlvir's son, laid this stone over Fugl, (his) brother.
Sc 15
Thurso (II)
... Gunnhildr his wife ...
SE Fv1988;247
?
...
SE IK365,1
?
(Dedicated) to the horse (?)
SE IK365,7
?
(Dedicated) to the horse (?)
SE Owe1996b;136
?
... had(?) (the stone) raised(?) ...
SE SHMFid45487
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Sh 1
Cunningsburgh (I)
... Grímr(?) ...
Sh 2
Cunningsburgh (II)
... ...
Sh 3
Cunningsburgh (III)
§A ... in memory of his father Þorbjôrn. §B ...
Sh 4
Papil
... raised the stone ...
Sh 5
Eshaness (I)
... ...
Sh 6
Eshaness (II)
This stone ...
Sh 7
Gungstie peninsula
...
Sm 1
Aringsås kyrkogård
§P Vígnjótr(?) raised the stone in memory of Hróðmundr(?), his father. May God help (his) soul. Ásgautr cut the runes / Ásgautr Þunni(?) cut for the husbandman from Virðskr. §Q Vígnjótr raised the stone in memory of Hróðmundr, his father, for the Värendish husbandman (= from the district of the virðar). May God help his soul! Ásgautr cut the runes.
Sm 2
Aringsås kyrkogård
Ábjôrn had the stone raised in memory of Tóki Óníðingr.
Sm 3
Aringsås kyrkogård
...
Sm 4
Blädinge kyrka
Finnviðr cut this font on Dýraberg(?).
Sm 5
Transjö
§A Gautr placed this stone in memory of Ketill §B his son. He was §C the most unvillainous of men, who forfeited his life in England.
Sm 6
Skatelövs gamla kyrka
Bósi shaped the church. Bósi shaped the stone for the church of the inhabitants of Skatelöv.
Sm 7
Enet
Geirrøðr/Geirríðr/Þorrøðr/Þóríðr and Þunn(Thin)-Áki/Þunn(Thin)-Hnakki placed (the stone) in memory of Hróðmarr. May God help ... his spirit.
Sm 8
Rävagården, Dänningelanda by
Þjóðgeirr(?)/Friðgeirr(?) and Hróðelfr ... the stone in memory of Heðinn, their son.
Sm 9
Lunnagården, Nöbbele by
... in memory of Vakri(?)/Vafri(?) ... ...
Sm 10
Växjö domkyrka
Tóki(?) raised the stone in memory of Gunnarr, Grímr's son. May God help his soul! Tóki the viking.
Sm 11
Kårestad
Klakki's sons had the stone cut in memory of their father and in memory of Kali/Kalli/Galli and Víkingr, their brothers.
Sm 12
Källehult
<fuþoRkhmi>
Sm 13
Högnalöv
Spakr had the monument made in memory of his sons Sveinn and Hrœmingr.
Sm 14
Trottagården, Väckelsångs by
<fuþorkhf þorkhf>
Sm 15
Kåragården
... had the bridge made in memory of Svart-...
Sm 16
Nöbbele
§A Hróðsteinn and Eilífr (and) Áki and Hákon, these lads raised the remarkable monument in memory of their father, §B in memory of Kali/Kalli the deceased. So the good man will be commemorated while the stone and the rune-staves live.
Sm 17
Kråketorp
... had this bridge made(?) and the stone(?) raised(?) ... ... his brother ... God(?) ... soul(?) ...
Sm 18
Gårdsby kyrka
Eiríkus(?) was my smith. Mary(?) the(?) mildest(?).
Sm 19
Stojby
Þorlôf raised this stone in memory of Áli/Alli and Etta. May God help their spirits.
Sm 20
Rottnekvarn
§A ... they were ... ... Varinn, who the husbandmen cut down(?) ... §B ...
Sm 21
Lidekvarn
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Sm 22
Drevs kyrka
Ave Maria. Gratia. Brother Sibbi. Jesus Christ.
Sm 23
Dädesjö gamla kyrka
Gabriel
Sm 23B
Dädesjö gamla kyrka
Here(?) ... Sigmundr wrote us.
Sm 24
Skårtaryd
...
Sm 25
Älghults kyrka
Elgjaholt's church Þorsteinn(?) in Hagrjóðr ...
Sm 26
Angelstads kyrka
Magnús Diakonus made me. God bless him.
Sm 27
Berga kyrkogård
Þórðr raised this/these(?) monument(s) ... met his end in England.
Sm 28
Berga kyrkogård
... this stone in memory of Eyndr/Eyindr/Eyvindr/Vetr/Hvítr ... ... died(?).
Sm 29
Ingelstad
... raised the stone in memory of Þorgeirr, his father. He met his end in England.
Sm 30
Trotteslöv
... in memory of(?) Oddulfr(?), his son, of men ...
Sm 31
Toftaholm
... placed the stone in memory of his brother Fávi/Fari(?). May God help (his) spirit.
Sm 32
Hamneda gamla kyrka
... these monuments in memory of Sveinn, his father.
Sm 33
Hamneda gamla kyrka
... ... these stones in memory of Þormarr, his brother. He ... was of men ...
Sm 34
"Sunnan Liungby Kyrkja"
... placed the stone in memory of Karli/Gauti(?) ... his ...
Sm 35
Replösa
Gautráðr made these monuments in memory of Ástráðr, his father, the best of kinsmen and Þegns, who formerly was in Finnheiðr.
Sm 36
Bolmaryd
Eyndr/Vetr and Sveinn/Steinn placed these monuments in memory of Ôzurr/Ásmarr.
Sm 37
Rörbro
Ôzurr made these monuments in memory of Eyndr/Hvítr, his father. He was the most unvillainous of men; was liberal with food and oblivious to hate. A good Þegn, (who) had good belief in God.
Sm 38
Pjätteryds kyrka
Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et ... fructus ventris tui.
Sm 39
Ryssby kyrka
§A Gunni placed this stone in memory of §B Soni, his father, gentle in speech and free with food.
Sm 40
Ryssby kyrkogård
... made these monuments in memory of Gummi(?) ... ...
Sm 42
Tuna
Tumi/Tummi/Dómi raised this stone in memory of Ôzurr, his brother, he who was King Haraldr's seaman.
Sm 43
Södra Ljunga kyrka
§A Ônundr ... his son and in memory of ... ... §B ... ...
Sm 44
Ivla
Vémundr placed this stone ... his brother Sveinn, gentle with his followers and free with food, greatly praised.
Sm 45
Bräkentorp
Vésteinn made these monuments, this memento at the cross-roads, in memory of Ásbjôrn, his brother.
Sm 46
Eriksstad
...-vé made these monuments in memory of Sveinn, her son, who met his end in the east in Greece.
Sm 47
Håringe
...
Sm 48
Torp
Ófeigr placed this stone in memory of Oddi, his son, a very good valiant man (who) died on a journey.(?)
Sm 49
Burseryds kyrka
Anno incarnationis Domini millesimo ducentesimo tricesimo octavo erat facta hæc campana. Bero scripsit.
Sm 50
Burseryds kyrka
Arinbjôrn made me, Víðkunnr the priest wrote me, and here shall I stand for a while.
Sm 51
Forsheda kyrkogård
Tosti raised the stone in memory of Gunni, his kinsman-by-marriage ... ... ... was westwards ...
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