G Byggnadsh2011-12;83

Lost?
No
Object
plaster inscription
Material
plaster, lime plaster
Dating
Middle ages
Found

Location

Found location
Hejnums kyrka
Parish
Hejnums sn
District
Bäls ting
Municipality
Gotland
Current location
Behind the screen of the pulpit.
Original site
Yes

Classification

Carver
Number of crosses
0
Cross form
Rune type
Style

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
57.680151, 18.631934

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

"Vill[ia]m hét hann sem v[a]r hér.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

"Vill[ia]m het hann sum v[a]R hiar.

Transliteration

uil--mbr : hit : han : sum : u-r hier

Translation (English)

Villiam was his name, who was here.

Translation (Swedish)

Vilhjalm hette han som var här.

Additional information

Inskriften finns med som G 247d i manuskript till Gotlands runinskrifter 3 av Thorgunn Snædal. Där beskrivs även fler putsinskrifter från kyrkan.

References