Noleby Runestone

The Noleby Runestone, Fyrunga Runestone or Vg 63 is a runestone in Proto-Norse which is engraved with the Elder Futhark. It was discovered in 1894 at the farm of Stora Noleby in Västergötland.

It was dated by Sophus Bugge to c. 600AD, and it is notable because of its inscription runo [...] raginakundo which means "runes of divine origin" and which also appears in the later Sparlösa Runestone and the eddic poem Hávamál. This is of importance for the study of Norse mythology since it indicates that the expressions and the contents of the Poetic Edda are indeed of pre-historic Scandinavian origin.

It is presently located in the Swedish Museum of National Antiquities in Stockholm.

Transcription of the runes

runo fahi raginakudo toj-a ¶ unaþou ÷ suhurah : susi(h)---tin ¶ hakuþo

Transliteration

Runo fahi raginakundo toj[e'k]a. ... ... ... Hakoþuz.

Translation

I prepare the suitable divine rune ... for Hakoþuz.

Sources

• The article Fyrungastenen in Nordisk familjebok (1908)
• Rundata