Sigtuna rib

Sigtuna rib (U NOR1998;25)
Material	Bone
Writing	Younger Futhark
Created	1100
Discovered	1998 Sigtuna, kv. Professorn 4
Present location	59.6158, 17.7213
Culture	Norse
Rundata ID	U NOR1998;25
Text – Native
Old Norse: See article.
Translation
See article.
https://app.raa.se/open/runor/inscription?id=777176e6-61dd-4c8e-a02f-8895f9b5a5e1

The Sigtuna rib (signum U NOR1998;25) is a 12th-century runic amulet found in the 1990s in Sigtuna, Uppland, Sweden ^[1]

Description

The amulet is a rib bone with writing on both sides of it. The inscription appears to be a spell against disease. ^[2]

Inscription

Scandinavian Runic-text Database

The Scandinavian Runic-text Database offers the following "standard" readings: ^[3]

The first line is a Transliteration. The second is an Old West Norse normalization, and the third Runic Swedish normalization.

§A

iorils

Jórils

Iōrils

×

 

 

ouriþ

vrið!/óvrið

vrið!/ovrið

×

 

 

uaksna

vaksna

vaksna

ur

ur

uʀ

:

 

 

kroke

Króki!

Krōki!

×

 

 

bat

Bant

Bant

han

hann

hann

×

 

 

riþu

riðu,

riðu,

×

 

 

bar-…

bar[ði](?)

bar[ði](?)

iorils × ouriþ × uaksna ur : kroke × bat han × riþu × bar-…

Jórils {} vrið!/óvrið {} vaksna ur {} Króki! {} Bant hann {} riðu, {} bar[ði](?)

Iōrils {} vrið!/ovrið {} vaksna uʀ {} Krōki! {} Bant hann {} riðu, {} bar[ði](?)

Jórill's woundcauser / Jórill's abnormal stomach-ache disappear from Krókr! He bound the fever, he fought(?)

§B

han

hann

hann

:

 

 

riþu

riðu.

riðu.

×

 

 

aok

Ok

Ok

×

 

 

siþa

síða(?)

sīða(?)

×

 

 

sarþ

sarð

sarð

×

 

 

sararan

sára-rann.

sāra-rann.

×

 

 

uara

Vara

Vara

×

 

 

hafir

hefir (hann)

hafiʀ (hann)

×

 

 

fult

fullt

fullt

¶

 

 

f(e)kit

fengit.

fængit.

×

 

 

fly

Flý

Flȳ

:

 

 

braot

braut

braut

riþa

riða!

riða!

han : riþu × aok × siþa × sarþ × sararan × uara × hafir × fult ¶ f(e)kit × fly : braot riþa

hann {} riðu. {} Ok {} síða(?) {} sarð {} sára-rann. {} Vara {} {hefir (hann)} {} fullt {} fengit. {} Flý {} braut riða!

hann {} riðu. {} Ok {} sīða(?) {} sarð {} sāra-rann. {} Vara {} {hafiʀ (hann)} {} fullt {} fængit. {} Flȳ {} braut riða!

the fever. And did away with the abscess. (He) has fully cought the pus. Flee away, fever!

See also

• Canterbury charm
• Kvinneby amulet
• Near Fakenham plaque
• Ribe skull fragment
• Sigtuna amulet I

References

1. "Startar..." app.raa.se. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
2. "Runinskrifter.net – U NOR1998;25". www.runinskrifter.net. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
3. "Runic inscription U NOR1998;25", Scandinavian Runic-text Database , Department of Scandinavian Languages, Uppsala University, 2020, retrieved February 26, 2022