G 124

Lost?
No
Object
painted inscription, red pigment
Material
plaster, lime plaster
Dating
Middle ages 5 August 1553
Found

Location

Found location
Vänge kyrka
Parish
Vänge sn
District
Halla ting
Municipality
Gotland
Current location
On the south church wall.
Original site
Yes

Classification

Carver
Number of crosses
0
Cross form
Rune type
Style

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
57.452036, 18.511280

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

Biðið fyrir "Jakobs sál "Nikkarfa/"Nickarve. Hann dó fimm daga fyrir sankti "Lafranz dag. Þá var f sunnudagr ok m prímst[a]fr í fimtánd[a] rað[u].

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

Biðin fyriR "Iakobs sial "Nikkarfa/"Nickarve. Hann do fem daga fyriR sankte "Lafranz dag. Þa vaR f sunnudagR ok m primst[a]fR i femtand[a] rað[u].

Transliteration

bedin · fyri · iakobs · sial · nik¶karfua · han · do · fæm · daha ¶ fyri · sante · lafranz · dag ¶ ta · uar · f · sundahr · ok · m · ¶ primst-f(u)-r · i · fimtand- ¶ ra(t)...

Translation (English)

Pray for Jakobr of Nikkarfr/Nickarve's soul. He died five days before Saint Lafranz' day, when F was the Sunday[-stave] and M the prime-stave in the fifteenth row.

Translation (Swedish)

Bedjen för Jakobs själ i Nickarve. Han dog fem dagar före Sankt Lars dag. Då var (runan) < f> söndagsbokstav och (runan) <m> primstav i femtonde raden.

Additional information

Inskriften är först grunt ristad sedan målad.

References

Images

  • Image of G 124 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/26dd73a0-0339-4ca2-89b4-97cf390816da
  • Image of G 124 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/c8d423a8-2b98-4b58-9c4e-a01f662aae44