A rune stick from Bergen, Norway. The inscription reads;
ᚼᛅᛁᛚᛚ ᛋᛅ ᚦᚢ × ᚦᚢᚱᚱ ᚦᛁᚴ ᚦᛁᚴᚴᛁ × ᚬᚦᛁᚾᚾ ᚦᛁᚴ ᛅᛁᚴᛁ × ᚬᚴ ᚠ ᚼᚢᚴᚢᛘ ᚴᚬᚦᚢᛘ
Heill sé þú
Thórr þik þiggi,
Óðinn þik eigi.
ok f hugum goðum!
“Hail to you
May Thor receive you,
may Odin own you.
and (be) in good spirits!”
Best part is it was carved around 1185, nearly 200 years after the Catholic Church supposedly converted all of Norway. They weren’t as thorough as they thought.
ᚼᛅᛁᛚᛚ ᛋᛅ ᚦᚢ × ᚦᚢᚱᚱ ᚦᛁᚴ ᚦᛁᚴᚴᛁ × ᚬᚦᛁᚾᚾ ᚦᛁᚴ ᛅᛁᚴᛁ × ᚬᚴ ᚠ ᚼᚢᚴᚢᛘ ᚴᚬᚦᚢᛘ
Heill sé þú
Thórr þik þiggi,
Óðinn þik eigi.
ok f hugum goðum!
“Hail to you
May Thor receive you,
may Odin own you.
and (be) in good spirits!”
Best part is it was carved around 1185, nearly 200 years after the Catholic Church supposedly converted all of Norway. They weren’t as thorough as they thought.