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ancientart:

The Björketorp Runestone, Blekinge, Sweden. Proto-Norse, dates to about the 6th or 7th century.

Transcription:

A: Haidz runo runu, falh’k hedra ginnarunaz. Argiu hermalausz, … weladauþe, saz þat brytz.

B: uþArAbA sbA

Although debated, here is a translation of this:

A: I, master of the runes(?) conceal here runes of power. Incessantly (plagued by) maleficence, (doomed to) insidious death (is) he who breaks this (monument).

B: I prophesy destruction / prophecy of destruction.

Photo courtesy & taken by Joachim Bowin.