Jonas Lau Markussen

Runestone G 220

The carvings of the stone are in the runestone style Pr 4 (c. 1070-1100) pertaining to the Urnes style.

 

The inscription is not signed.

 

The limestone fragment is c. 0,65 m tall, 0,52 m wide and 0,14 m thick.

 

 

Runic inscription

 

Runes

 

…[ᚢ]ᛏᚴᛅᛁᚱ ᛬ ᛅᛦ ᛬ ᛏᚬ ᛁ ᛬ ᚼᚢᛚᛘᚴᛅ(ᚱ)[ᚦᛁ]… …ᛁᚦ(ᛁ) ᛬ -…

 

 

Transliteration

 

… …tkaiʀ : aʀ : to i : hulmka-… …iþ(i) : -…

 

 

Old Norse

 

… [U]ddgæiR/[Bo]tgæiR. ER do i Holmga[rði] … …

 

 

English

 

… Oddgeirr/Bótgeirr. He died in Holmgarðir …

 

 

Notes

 

Holmgarðir means Novgorod.

 

Identical in ornamentation and composition to the G 188 fragment. The ornamentation is also similar to G 134 and G 135, though not exact.

 

 

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Hallfrede, Gotland, Sweden (Now ‘Gotlands Fornsal’)

G 220

 

 

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