IM MM130 $

Also known as: Br Olsen;215, L 1618

Lost?
No
Object
old Irish stone cross
Material
stone
Dating
Viking age, probably 11th century
Found

Location

Found location
Kirk Michael (III)
Parish
Michael
District
Isle of Man
Current location
In the church, (MM 130).

Classification

Carver
—
Number of crosses
0
Cross form
—
Rune type
long-branch
Style
—

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
54.285848, -4.584259

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

"<mallymkun> reisti kross þenna eptir "<malmury> fóstra sín, dóttur "Dufgals, kona er "Aðísl átti. Betra er leifa fóstra góðan en son illan.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

"<mallymkun> reisti kross þenna eptir "<malmury> fóstra sín, dóttur "Dufgals, kona er "Aðísl átti. Betra er leifa fóstra góðan en son illan.

Transliteration

mal:lymkun : raisti : krus : þena : efter : mal:mury : fustra : si(n)e : tot(o)r : tufkals : kona : is : aþisl : ati + ¶ ...etra : es : laifa : fustra : kuþan : þan : son : ilan +

Translation (English)

<Mallymkun> raised this cross in memory of <Malmury>, his foster(-mother?), Dufgal's daughter, the wife whom Aðísl owned (= was married to). (It) is better to leave a good foster-son than a wretched son.

Translation (Swedish)

<Mallymkun> raised this cross in memory of <Malmury>, his foster(-mother?), Dufgal's daughter, the wife whom Aðísl owned (= was married to). (It) is better to leave a good foster-son than a wretched son.

Additional information

Troligen ristad av en dansk. Oghaminskrifter både på fram och baksidan. Tidigare signum: Br Olsen;215

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