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Viking Age runestone in Norway
N 239

The Stangeland stone or N 239 is a Viking Age runestone engraved in Old Norse with the Younger Futhark runic alphabet in Stangeland, Norway, and the style of the runestone is the runestone style RAK. It was found on Stangeland Farm, where it has been moved several times and for many years was used as a bridge over a river.

Inscription

þur(b)(i)(u)(r)(n)

Þorbjǫrn

:

 

skalt

Skald

:

 

ra(i)sti

reisti

s(t)n

stein

(þ)(o)n(a)

þenna

aft

ept

:

 

s(o)i-÷þuri

<soi->þóri,

:

 

sun

son

:

 

sin

sinn,

:

 

is

er

o

á

:

 

(t)on(m)arku

Danmǫrku

(:)

 

(f)il

fell.

þur(b)(i)(u)(r)(n) : skalt : ra(i)sti s(t)n (þ)(o)n(a) aft : s(o)i-÷þuri : sun : sin : is o : (t)on(m)arku (:) (f)il

Þorbjǫrn {} Skald {} reisti stein þenna ept {} <soi->þóri, {} son {} sinn, {} er á {} Danmǫrku {} fell.

"Þorbjôrn Skald raised this stone in memory of <soi->þórir, his son, who fell in Denmark."

References

  1. ^ N 239 Scandinavian Runic-text Database - Rundata.
  2. Page, Raymond Ian (1998) . "Some Thought on Manx Runes". Runes and Runic Inscriptions: Collected Essays on Anglo-Saxon and Viking Runes. Boydell Press. p. 221. ISBN 9780851155999.

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