Found
Texts
Transliteration
§A furu- trikia frislats a §B uit auk uiks fotum uir skiftum
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.
Translation (English)
§A We travelled to meet the valiant men of Frisia §B (and) we divided the spoils of the fight.
Location
- Found location
- Senja (Botnhamn)
- Current location
- Tromsø museum (1649)
- Parish
- Lenvik sn
- District
- Troms fylke
- Municipality
- Lenvik
- Oldest known latitude and longitude
- 69.504600, 17.904200
Classification
- Carver
- —
- Number of crosses
- 0
- Cross form
- —
- Rune type
- —
- Style
- —
- Dating
- Viking age 1000–1100 (Imer 2007)
References
Images
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Close-up of the runic inscription. Photo: Adnan Icagic, Norges Artiske museum. CC-BY-SA 4.0
source: https://www.arild-hauge.com/runer.ku.dk/N_540_SENJA_HALSRING_Runeinnskrift.jpg
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Image of the neck ring. Photo: Norges Artiske museum. CC-BY-SA 4.0
source: https://www.arild-hauge.com/arild-hauge/rune-N540.jpg
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Image shown in the inscription section (no separate image caption provided).
source: https://www.arild-hauge.com/arild-hauge/rune-bilde-N540.gif