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engraved with the

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and a

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Stone

The runestone was first mentioned by 18th-century scholar

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, who wrote that it was found at the end of a stone bridge in the village of Jennum. It was lost for a long time until it was rediscovered in 1913, but by then it had been split into seven pieces. It was repaired and raised at the museum in the town of

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, Öl 1. Other stones with Thor's hammer include DR 26, VG 113, Sö 86 and Sö 111.Sawyer (2003:128).

Inscription

Transliteration of the runes into Latin characters

:oskatla × risþi (×) -… …-ls × sbaka × sun × stin × ¶ þonsi × ⁓

Transcription into Old Norse

:''Askatla resþi … … il, Spaka sun, sten þænsi.''

Translation into English

:Áskatla raised this stone … …-gísl, Spaki's son.

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* Runestones in Denmark Danish Runic Inscriptions 11th-century inscriptions {{Denmark-hist-stub