No. VII.
Nuari Kulturmr, Sikurthr, Iru, Falnir, Kiaebik, Uil Saeghian Ir, So, Mair.
Orkason said in the Runes which he wrote—Nuari, Kulturmr Sikurthr, Iru, are fallen.
Kiaebik will say ye (tell you) so more.
These two inscriptions must be taken together; they have been written at the same time, and by the same person. It is probably a military message from some battle-field, sent through a trusty officer who is commissioned to make known the details. The word Nuari is very doubtful; this part of the inscription is very indistinct. It becomes more legible advancing from left to right.—Professor Stephens.
Orkasonr sagthi a run om theim er halir ristu.
The son of Orca dictated the Runes which heroes engraved.
There seems to have been some blunder in the writing. If the dot on the right side of the letter
has been the end of a stroke, it would convert the letter into the Bind-rune
(Al.) and if the
