is I 



RUNES. 



The inscription on tin- alove stone runs thus, the translation 

 being literal : "Haraltrkimukrbath k><urua kail t/iausi aft knnn 

 (Gorni) fiithur sinaukaftth/curuimuthursma, sa liaraltr ias stvr 

 int a tanmaurk al nk nuruiak ank tana .... tkristnse" = 

 llarald king bade make mounds these after Gorm, father his 

 and after Tliyra, mother his, that Harald who swore, Denmark 

 all and Norway and Dane .... to christianize. 



The historical mounds of King (lorm and his queen Thyra 

 arc respectively '200 and 230 feet in diameter, and about 40 feet 

 lii.irh (see p. IS.'!); the burial chamber of King Gorm was of 

 wood. 'I'l feet lon<r, 4^ feet high, 8 feet wide. In the grave 

 \\riv found a small silver cup, a bronze cross covered with 

 gold, a \\ooden figure representing a warrior in armour, several 

 mrtal mountings, &c. 





