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Rēð Þiaurikʀ hinn þurmōði, stilliʀ flutna, strąndu Hræiðmaraʀ. Þat sagum ąnnart, hwaʀ for nīu aldum ą̄n urði fiaru meðr Hræiðgutum, auk dō meðr/dœmiʀ hann/enn umb sakaʀ. Sagum mōgminni/ungmænni þat, hwærjaʀ walrauƀaʀ wāʀin twāʀ þāʀ, swāð twalf sinnum wāʀin numnaʀ at walrauƀu, bāðaʀ sąmąn ą̄ ȳmissum mąnnum.
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The first part is written in ljóðaháttr meter, and the part about Theoderic is written in the fornyrðislag meter: This is a transcription of the runes in early 9th century Old East Norse (Swedish and Danish) dialect of Old Norse. Sakum| |mukmini uaim si burin| |niþ¶ʀ trąki uilin is þat ᛭ knuą knat¶i| |iatun uilin is þat ᛭ (n)(i)(t) ¶Īkum| |mukmini ¶ þur Old East Norse transcription Sᴀgwm| |mogmenï (þ)ᴀd hoᴀʀ igold¶gᴀ oᴀʀï goldin d goąnᴀʀ hoslï ¶ Þat sakum tualfta huar histʀ si ku¶naʀ itu| |uituąki ąn kunukaʀ tuaiʀ tikiʀ sua¶þ ą likia ᛭ þat sakum þritaunta huariʀ t¶uaiʀ tikiʀ kunukaʀ satin t siulunti fia¶kura uintur at fiakurum nabnum burn¶ʀ fiakurum bruþrum ᛭ ualkaʀ fim ra=þulfs| |su¶niʀ hraiþulfaʀ fim rukulfs| |suniʀ hąislaʀ fim haruþ¶s suniʀ kunmuntaʀ fim (b)irnaʀ suniʀ ¶ ᛭ nuk m- alu - ainhuaʀ -þ.þ. Raiþ| |þiaurikʀ hin þurmuþi stiliʀ ¶ flutna strąntu hraiþmaraʀ sitiʀ nu karuʀ ą ¶ kuta sinum skialti ub fatlaþʀ skati marika ¶
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The inscription is partially encrypted in two ways by displacement and by using special cipher runes. It contains the longest extant pre-Christian runic inscription – around 760 characters – and it is a virtuoso display of the carver's mastery of runic expression. It also makes a historical reference to Ostrogothic king (effectively emperor of the western Roman empire) Theodoric the Great. It contains a fragment of what is believed to be a lost piece of Norse mythology. The name "Rök Stone" is something of a tautology: the stone is named after the village, "Rök", but the village is probably named after the stone, " Rauk" or "Rök" meaning "skittle-shaped stack/stone" in Old Norse. A few parts of the inscription are damaged, but most of it remains legible. It is covered with runes on five sides except the base which was to be put under ground. The stone was probably carved in the early 9th century, judging from the main runic alphabet used ("short-twig" runes) and the form of the language. The church was built in the 12th century, and it was common to use rune stones as building material for churches. The 5 long tons (5.1 t), 8 feet (2.4 m) tall stone was discovered built into the wall of the church in the 19th century and removed from the church wall a few decades later. The beginning of the inscription is read by tilting your head to the left