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