Found
Location
- Found location
- Svendborg
- Parish
- Svendborg sn
- District
- Sunds hd, Fyn
- Municipality
- Svendborg
- Current location
- Nationalmuseet (D. 8728)
- Original coordinates
- 55.058300, 10.611600
- Parish code
- 090513
Classification
- Dating
- M
- Year range
- 1100 – 1500
- Material type
- bone/antler
- Material
- horn
- Object
- knivskaft
Texts
Normalisation (Old Norse)
"[K]arl merki sk[ar] á hepti, "Ari lamdi/lengði skept[i].
Normalisation (Scandinavian)
"[K]arl mærke sk[ar] o hæftæ, "Ari læmæþe/lengeþe skæft[æ].
Transliteration
-(a)rl mærge sg- a^u hæftæ a^ræ læ(k)æþe sgæ(f)(t)-
Translation (English)
Karl cut the mark(s) on the haft, Ari lamed (ie. castrated) / lengthened the shaft.
References
- $=Moltke 1985:468; DK nr.: Fyn 46, http://runer.ku.dk/VisGenstand.aspx?Titel=Svendborg-kniv
- Riksarkivet