Högby Runestone

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The Högby runestone (Ög 81) is a rune stone found near Högby, in Ostrogothia. It is famous for its eloquent epitaph in fornyrðislag for all the five sons of a man. The runestone was found when the church was demolished in 1874. Fragments of some other runestones were found as well. One of them tells of a man who died in France.

The following presentations show the runic inscription transliterated into latin script, followed by transcriptions into the Old West Norse and Old East Norse dialects of Old Norse, and it ends with a translation into English.

1 Inscription
2 Transcription into Old West Norse
3 Transcription into Old East Norse
4 Translation
5 Bibliography
6 See also
7 External source

[edit] Inscription

Side A:

þukir resþi stin þansi eftiR asur sen muþur bruþur sin iaR eataþis austr i krikum

Side B:

kuþr karl kuli kat fim syni feal o furi frukn treks asmutr aitaþis asur austr i krikum uarþ o hulmi halftan tribin kari uarþ at uti

Side C:

auk tauþr bui þurkil rist runaR

[edit] Transcription into Old West Norse

Side A:

Þorgerðr(?) reisti stein þenna eptir Özur, sinn móðurbróður sinn, er endaðist austr í Grikkjum.

Side B:

Góðr karl Gulli gat fimm sonu. Fell á Fœri frœkn drengr Ásmundr, endaðist Ôzurr austr í Grikkjum, varð á Holmi Halfdan drepinn, Kári varð at Oddi(?)

Side C:

ok dauðr Búi. Þorkell reist rúnar.

[edit] Transcription into Old East Norse

Side A:

Þorgærðr(?) ræisþi stæin þannsi æftiR Assur, sinn moðurbroður sinn, eR ændaðis austr i Grikkium.

Side B:

Goðr karl Gulli gat fæm syni. Fioll a Føri frøkn drængR Asmundr, ændaðis Assurr austr i Grikkium, varð a Holmi Halfdan drepinn, Kari varð at Uddi(?)

Side C:

ok dauðr Boi. Þorkell ræist runaR.

[edit] Translation

Side A:

Thorgerd raised the stone after Assur, her uncle, who died in the Byzantine Empire

Side B:

The good freeman Gulli had five sons. The brave champion Asmund fell on the Fyrisvellir. Assur came to his end eastwards, in the Byzantine Empire. Halfdan was slain in Bornholm (?), and Kari so was at the point of Zealand (the last location is contested. Dundee and Kari was out have also been proposed)

Side C: