Rimsø Runestone

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title: "Rimsø Runestone" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["runestones-in-denmark", "runestones-raised-in-memory-of-women", "10th-century-inscriptions"] topic_path: "general/runestones-in-denmark" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rimsø_Runestone" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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The Rimsø stone or DR 114 is a runestone from the 10th century near Århus in Denmark. It is one of few runestones raised after a woman, and it is raised by her son who exclaims that losing one's mother is the worst thing that can happen to a boy.

Inscription

| þuriʀ : bruþiʀ : ainraþa | Þoriʀ, {} broþiʀ {} Enraþa, | Þórir, Einráði's brother,}}

| raisþi : stain : þonsi {: ¶} uft : muþur : sina : auk {: ¶} ... ku... ¶ ... -auþi : sam : uarst : maki | resþi {} sten {} þænsi {} æft {} moþur {} sina {} ok {} ... ... {} ... [d]øþi {} sum {} wærst {} mægi. | raised this stone in memory of his mother and ... ... ... death is the worst (misfortune) for a boy.}}

Sources

• Rundata
• A site on Danish runestones with pictures.

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