Neil Hopcroft

A digital misfit

Markim runestone

Near the Markim gravefields there is a rune stone, U338.
“þurstin × uk × ragnfriR × þu ristu × stin × þina × iftiR × biur[n] × i krnbu
× bruþur × kalfs × anum × ua[at × uikmu – – R × ku]þ ihlbi × [o]ns × ot × uk × salu × bitr × þan × on karþ[i] – il”
“Þorstæinn ok Ragnfriðr þau ræistu stæin þenna æftiR Biorn i Gr[a]nby, broður Kalfs. Hanum va at Vigm[un]dr. Guð hialpi hans and ok salu bætr þan hann gærði [t]il.”
“Torsten och Ragnfrid de reste denna sten efter Björn i Granby, Kalvs broder. Honom dräpte Vigmund. Gud hjälpe hans ande och själ bättre än han förtjänade.”
“Torsten and Ragnfrid they raised this stone after Björn in Granby, Kalv’s brother. Him killed Vigmund. God help his spirit and soul better than he deserved.”


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