Norwegian_Runic_Inscription_239

Stangeland stone

Stangeland stone

Viking Age runestone in Norway

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.[1] 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.[2]

N 239

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." [1]

References

  1. [1]
    N 239 Scandinavian Runic-text Database - Rundata.
  2. [2]
    Page, Raymond Ian (1998) [1980]. "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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