# Tryggevælde Runestone

Tryggevælde Runestone, designated as DR 230 under Rundata, is a runestone housed in the National Museum of Denmark, in Copenhagen. It is classified as being carved in runestone style RAK, and is dated to about 900 CE.

## Description

In 1555, the runestone was moved from a barrow to the Tryggevælde estate on Zealand. It came to Copenhagen in 1810.
There are several holes on the runestone, but no one knows why. Ragnhild, who raised the runestone, also had Glavendrup stone (DR 209) made after another husband named Alle. That runestone is located at a barrow and a stone ship in Glavendrup on the island of Funen. Both the Glavendrup and Tryggevælde runestones were made by the same runemaster, Sote.
The inscription ends with a curse against anyone who would destroy or move the runestone that is similar to the ones found on the Glavendrup stone the Sønder Vinge runestone 2 and the Glemminge stone and the Saleby Runestone in Sweden. There is some disagreement regarding the translation of one of the words in these curses, rita/rata, which has been translated as 'wretch,' 'outcast,' or 'warlock.' Warlock is the translation accepted by Rundata. However, the use of warlock is not that the destroyer would gain any magical powers, but be considered to be unnatural and a social outcast. The concept that being a warlock or sorcerer was an evil perversion predated the conversion of Scandinavia to Christianity.
This inscription is the first mention of the Old Scandinavian ship type skeið.

## Inscription

The lines:
* Transliteration of the runes into Latin characters
* Transcription into standardized Old Norse
* Transcription into standardized Old Danish
raknhiltr
Ragnhildr,
Ragnhildr,
sustiʀ
systir
systiʀ
ulfs
Ulfs,
Ulfs,
sati
setti
satti
stain
stein
sten
þnnsi
þenna
þænsi
auk
ok
ok
karþi
gerði
gærþi
hauk
haug
høg
þonsi
þenna
þænsi
auft
ept,
æft,
auk
ok
ok
skaiþ
skeið
skeþ
þaisi
þessa,
þæssi,
kunulf
Gunnulf,
Gunulf,
uar
ver
wær
sin
sinn,
sin,
klomulan
glômulan
glamulan
man
mann,
man,
(s)un
son
sun
nairbis
Nerfis.
Nærfis.
faiʀ
Fáir
Faiʀ
uarþa
verða
wærþa
nu
nú
nu
futiʀ
fœddir
føddiʀ
þoi
þeim
þem
batri
betri.
bætri.
raknhiltr ' sustiʀ ' ulfs ' sati ' stain ¶ þnnsi ' auk ' karþi ' hauk ' þonsi auft ¶ auk skaiþ ' þaisi ¶ kunulf ' uar sin ' klomulan man ¶ (s)un ' nairbis ' faiʀ ' uarþa ' nu futiʀ ' þoi batri
Ragnhildr, systir Ulfs, setti stein þenna ok gerði haug þenna ept, ok skeið þessa, Gunnulf, ver sinn, glômulan mann, son Nerfis. Fáir verða nú fœddir þeim betri.
Ragnhildr, systiʀ Ulfs, satti sten þænsi ok gærþi høg þænsi æft, ok skeþ þæssi, Gunulf, wær sin, glamulan man, sun Nærfis. Faiʀ wærþa nu føddiʀ þem bætri.
Ragnhildr, Ulfr's sister, placed this stone and made this mound, and this ship(-setting), in memory of her husband Gunnulfr, a clamorous man, Nerfir's son. Few will now be born better than him.
sa
Sá
Sa
uarþi
verði
wærþi
at
at
at
rita
réta(?)
ræta(?)
is
er
æs
ailti
elti(?)
ælti(?)
stain
stein
sten
þonsi
þenna
þænsi
sa uarþi ' at (') rita ' is ailti stain þonsi
Sá verði at réta(?) er elti(?) stein þenna
Sa wærþi at ræta(?) æs ælti(?) sten þænsi
A warlock(?) be he who damages(?) this stone
iþa
eða
æþa
hiþan
heðan
hæþan
traki
dragi.
dragi.
iþa hiþan traki
eða heðan dragi.
æþa hæþan dragi.
or drags it (away) from here.