No. XVI
Maeth, thaeri, Oghse, Er, Ate, Kor, Ukr.
Traenilsonr, Fyrir, Sunan lant.
With that Axe which Kor owned hews.
Traenaldson along South-lying lands.—Professor Stephens.
Maeth, Thaeirei Hse Erati Koukr Traenilsonr.
Fyrir Sunan Lant.
With this Axe which Goukr Traenaldson owned or possessed on the south side of the country.
The beginning of the inscription is wanting. Gauk Trandilson was the foster-brother of Asgrim Elsdagrimson—described in “Burnt Njal,” one of the chiefs in the south of Iceland about 990. The writer probably means to say that these runes were engraved with the same axe which Gauk Trandilson possessed at the end of the 10th century. The runes here found were perhaps engraved about the year 1152. No doubt “the land” here spoken of is Iceland, and the engraver an Icelander, perhaps even a descendant of the old chieftain.—Professor Munch.
Maeth Thaeri Öhse Er Ati Göukr Traen
Ils Sonr Fyrir Sunan Land.
With this Axe, owned by Gauk, the son of Trandil, in the South of the country.—Professor Rafn.