DR 6

Also known as: DK SlB1

Lost?
No
Object
runsten
Material
stone, kalksten
Dating
V kristen efter-Jelling
Found

Location

Found location
Slesvig
Parish
Stadt Schleswig
District
Stadt Schleswig (Schleswig-Holstein, Sydslesvig)
Municipality
Schleswig
Current location
Slesvigs domkyrka

Classification

Carver
Number of crosses
0
Cross form
Rune type
Style
?

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
54.513800, 9.569260

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

§A ... lét reisa stein e[ptir] §B ... ... ... [d]auðr ... ... ok "Guðmundr þeir r[istu §C rún]ar. Á "Englandi í "Skíu [h]vílisk. "Kr[istr](?) ... ...

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

§A ... let resa sten æ[ftiR] §B ... ... ... [d]øþr ... ... ok "Guþmundr þeR r[istu §C run]aR. A "Ænglandi i "Skiu [h]wilis. "Kr[istr](?) ... ...

Transliteration

§A ... l(i)t (:) r(i)(s)(a) : stain : e... §B ...-an : s(u)(l)... ¶ ... ...(a)uþr : ... ¶ ...(n) : auk : kuþmuntr : þaR [:] [r]... §C ...[(a)R] : a enklanti : i skiu (:) -uilis : kr... ... ...

Translation (English)

§A ... had the stone raised in memory of §B ... dead ... and Guðmundr, they carved §C the runes. (He) rests at Skía in England. Christ ...

Translation (Swedish)

§A ... lod rejse stenen efter §B ... døde ... og Gudmund, de (ristede §C runerne ?). (Han) hviler i Skia i England. (Kristus?) ...

Additional information

Man har tidigare ansett ristningen vara svensk, men den kan mycket väl vara lokalt skapad (Lerche Nielsen 2001:133 ff.). Källström (2007a:334) föreslår att slutet även kan tolkas "som vilar i England i Skia".

References

Images

  • Image of DR 6 source: http://runer.ku.dk/VisGenstand.aspx?Titel=Slesvig-sten
  • Image of DR 6 source: http://runer.ku.dk/VisGenstand.aspx?Titel=Slesvig-sten
  • Image of DR 6 source: http://runer.ku.dk/VisGenstand.aspx?Titel=Slesvig-sten
  • Image of DR 6 source: http://runer.ku.dk/VisGenstand.aspx?Titel=Slesvig-sten