G 124

Lost?
No
Object
painted inscription, red pigment
Material
plaster, lime plaster
Found

Texts

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)...

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].

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.

Location

Found location
Vänge kyrka
Current location
On the south church wall.
Parish
Vänge sn
District
Halla ting
Municipality
Gotland
Province and country
Gotland, Sweden
Original site
Yes
Oldest known latitude and longitude
57.452036, 18.511280

Classification

Carver
—
Number of crosses
0
Cross form
—
Rune type
—
Style
—
Dating
Middle ages 5 August 1553

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