N 239

The Stangeland stone or N 239 is a Viking Age runestone engraved in Old Norse with the Younger Futhark runic alphabet in Stangeland, Norway, and the style of the runestone is the runestone style RAK.[1] It was found on Stangeland Farm, where it has been moved several times and for many years was used as a bridge over a river.[2]

Inscription

Transliteration of the runes into Latin characters

þur(b)(i)(u)(r)(n) : skalt : ra(i)sti s(t)n (þ)(o)n(a) aft : s(o)i-÷þuri : sun : sin : is o : (t)on(m)arku (:) (f)il[1]

Old Norse transcription:

Þorbjǫrn Skald reisti stein þenna ept <soi->þóri, son sinn, er á Danmǫrku fell.[1]

English translation:

"Þorbjôrn Skald raised this stone in memory of <soi->þórir, his son, who fell in Denmark."[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 N 239 Scandinavian Runic-text Database - Rundata.
  2. ↑ Page, Raymond Ian (1998) [1980]. "Some Thought on Manx Runes". Runes and Runic Inscriptions: Collected Essays on Anglo-Saxon and Viking Runes. Boydell Press. p. 221. ISBN 9780851155999.

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