DR 68

Also known as: DK MJy79

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

Location

Found location
Århus 6
Parish
Århus sn
District
Hasle hd, Nørrejylland
Municipality
Aarhus
Current location
Moesgård Museum. Århus

Classification

Carver
Ev. samma som gjort DR 63
Number of crosses
0
Cross form
Rune type
stungen m-runa
Style
Rak?

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
56.158200, 10.204900

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

§A "[T]osti ok "Hofi ok þeir "Freybjôrn reistu stein þenna eptir "Ôzur "Saxa, félaga sinn, harða §B góðan dreng. Sá dó manna mest óníðingr, sá átti skip með "Árna.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

§A "[T]osti ok "Hofi ok þeR "Frøbiorn resþu sten þænsi æftiR "Azur "Saxa, felaga sin, harþa §B goþan dræng. SaR do manna mæst uniþingR, saR atti skip mæþ "Arna.

Transliteration

§A (-)usti × auk × hufi × auk × þir × frebiurn × risþu × stin × þonsi × eftiR × ¶ × osur × saksa × filaka × sin × harþa × §B kuþan × trik × saR × tu × ¶ × mana × mest × uniþikR × ¶ saR × ati × skib × miþ × arno +

Translation (English)

§A Tosti and Hofi and Freybjôrn, they raised this stone in memory of Ôzurr Saxon/Sword(-wielder), their partner, a very §B good valiant man. He died as the most unvillainous of men; he owned a ship with Árni.

References

Images

  • Image of DR 68 source: https://runer.ku.dk/q.php?p=runer/genstande/genstand/63