N 540

Lost?
No
Object
neck ring
Material
metal, silver
Dating
Viking age 1000–1100 (Imer 2007)
Found

Location

Found location
Senja (Botnhamn)
Parish
Lenvik sn
District
Troms fylke
Municipality
Lenvik
Current location
Tromsø museum (1649)

Classification

Carver
Number of crosses
0
Cross form
Rune type
Style

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
69.504600, 17.904200

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

§A Fóru[m] drengja "Fríslands á §B vit, ok vígs fôtum vér skiptum.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

§A Fóru[m] drengja "Fríslands á §B vit, ok vígs fôtum vér skiptum.

Transliteration

§A furu- trikia frislats a §B uit auk uiks fotum uir skiftum

Translation (English)

§A We travelled to meet the valiant men of Frisia §B (and) we divided the spoils of the fight.

References

Images

  • Image of N 540 source: https://www.arild-hauge.com/runer.ku.dk/N_540_SENJA_HALSRING_Runeinnskrift.jpg
  • Image of N 540 source: https://www.arild-hauge.com/arild-hauge/rune-N540.jpg
  • Image of N 540 source: https://www.arild-hauge.com/arild-hauge/rune-bilde-N540.gif