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]
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.
"Þorbjôrn Skald raised this stone in memory of <soi->þórir, his son, who fell in Denmark." [1]
References
- ^ a b N 239 Scandinavian Runic-text Database - Rundata.
- ^ 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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