Danish Runic Inscription 259
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DR 259
The Fuglie stone 1 or DR 259 is a Viking Age runestone engraved in Old Norse with the Younger Futhark runic alphabet. It was first mentioned by Skonvig and it is still located in its original location on a Nordic Bronze Age mound next to the church of Fuglie, Skåne, Sweden.[1] There are many local legends and traditions about the stone.[1] The stone is 105 cm tall, 63 cm wide, and 33 cm thick.[1] The stone is dated to the period 970–1020,[1] and the style of the runestone was the runestone style RAK.[2]
Inscription[]
Transliteration of the runes into Latin characters
- ' autr ' risþi ' stin ' þonsi ' ¶ ' auftiʀ ' auþ(a) ' bruþur ' ¶ ' sin ' han ' uarþ ' tauþr ' ¶ ' o ' kutlati ' kuþ ' hialbi ' ha(n)s ' silu[2]
Old Norse transcription:
- Øndr resþi sten þænsi æftiʀ Øþa, broþur sin, han warþ døþr a Gotlandi. Guþ hialpi hans sælu.[2]
English translation:
- "Eyndr raised this stone in memory of Auði, his brother. He died in Gotland. May God help his soul. "[2]
References[]
Categories:
- Runestones in Scania
- Danish Runic Inscriptions
- 10th-century inscriptions
- 11th-century inscriptions