Glemminge stone
The Glemminge stone or DR 338 is a Viking Age runestone engraved in Old Norse with the Younger Futhark runic alphabet. It is found in the wall of Glimminge church in Scania, in Ystad Municipality in Sweden.[1] The style of the runestone is the runestone style RAK.[1]
The inscription ends with a curse similar to the ones found on the Saleby Runestone in Västergötland, Sweden and on the Sønder Vinge runestone 2, the Tryggevælde and the Glavendrup runestones in Denmark. However, the meaning of the word ræti ("warlock") is contested.[2]
Inscription
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suini
Sweni
:
sati
satti
:
stin
sten
:
þasi
þæssi
:
iftiR
æftiR
:
tusta
Tosta
:
hin
hin
:
skarba
Skarpa,
:
fauþur
faþur
¶
sin
sin,
:
harþa
harþa
:
kuþan
goþan
:
buta
bonda.
:
uirþi
Wærþi
:
at
at
:
rata
ræta(?)
:
huas
hwas
:
ub
of
¶
briuti
briuti.
"Sveini placed this stone in memory of Tosti the Sharp, his father, a very good husbandman. May whosoever breaks (it) become a warlock!"[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Scandinavian Runic-text Database - Rundata.
- ^ Danske Runeindskrifter, Nationalmuseet, accessed December 28, 2020.