English runic inscription 2 (E 2, or Br E2) is a Viking Age runic inscription from the early 11th century, in a coffin of limestone in Saint Paul's Cathedral in London. The stone is in style Pr2, also known as Ringerike style. It has remains of dark blue and red colour. The stone is placed in the Museum of London.
It is possible that it was made in memory of a Viking warrior who died in service of King Canute the Great, and the creature on the stone may represent Sleipnir, Odin's eight-legged horse.
Inscription
Latin transliteration:
- : k-na : let : legia : st¶in : þensi : auk : tuki :
Old Norse transcription:
- Gnna(?)/Gna(?) lét leggja stein þenna ok Tóki.
English translation:
- "Ginna(?)/Gína(?) had this stone laid and (i.e. with) Tóki."
See also
References
- ^ Scandinavian Runic-text Database - Rundata.
- "Rectangular grave slab: 11th century". Museum of London. Archived from the original on 2019-11-28. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
- Simon Keynes: The Burial of King Æthelred the Unready at St Paul’s. W: The English and Their Legacy, 900-1200. Essays in Honour of Ann Williams. edited by David Roffe. Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2012, s. 141-142. ISBN 978-1-84383-794-7.
- Forte, Oram, and Pedersen (2005), Viking Empires, ISBN 0-521-82992-5 p. 73
Sources
- Barnes, Michael P. & Page, Raymond I. The Scandinavian runic inscriptions of Britain. Uppsala: Institutionen för nordiska språk - Uppsala universitet, 2006.
- Henrik Williams 2007.
- Henrik Williams: Till tolkningen av personnamnet kina 2004.