GR 8

Lost?
No
Object
kors
Material
wood, trä
Dating
M
Found

Location

Found location
Ikigaat/Herjolfsnes (Ø 111)
District
Østerbygd (Grönland)
Municipality
Kujalleq
Current location
Nationalmuseet, København (D10633)

Classification

Carver
Number of crosses
0
Cross form
Rune type
stungna u-runor (Y)
Style

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
60.003400, -44.761000

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

"Guð almáttigr gæ[ti] "Guðleifar vel.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

"Guð almáttigr gæ[ti] "Guðleifar vel.

Transliteration

kYþ almat(i)kr kæ kYþliba^r ¶ uæl

Translation (English)

Almighty God, protect Guðleifr well.

References

Images

  • Image of GR 8 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/56c5a8a8-6892-4546-a5fc-dcb0940f9508
  • Image of GR 8 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/8f62821e-9939-4bc7-b577-7cf61670b178
  • Image of GR 8 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/92d6c897-b4d2-4718-a877-3328dfefe9db
  • Image of GR 8 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/c350993c-20c6-499f-85e1-dc681d52f064