7th century: "I, master of the runes(?) conceal here runes of power. Incessantly (plagued by) maleficence,(doomed to) insidious death (is) he who breaks this (monument)."
7th century: "I, master of the runes(?) conceal here runes of power. Incessantly (plagued by) maleficence,(doomed to) insidious death (is) he who breaks this (monument)."
This place is not a place of honor. No highly esteemed deed is commemorated here. What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. The danger is still present, in your time, as it was in ours. The danger is unleashed only if you substantially disturb this place physically.
God, I love Sandia National Labs for coming up with such great creepypasta: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_nuclear_waste_warning_messages
where is this? doesn't look like any runestone i've ever seen. there should be remnants of a border visible at the bottom.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Björketorp_Runestone
The Björketorp Runestone in Blekinge, Sweden.
oh its hella old, that's why.
also, the interpretation of the ur-nordic listed on the swedish wiki is basically "if you ruin my rock you are a beta male":
Ärofulla runors rad dolde jag här, mäktiga runor. Rastlös av arghet [d.v.s. perversitet], död genom list skall den bli som bryter detta. Jag spår fördärv.
Ristaren förutspår att minnesmärkets eventuella förstörare ska drabbas av förbannelsen. "Arghet", fornnordiska ergi, betyder 'omanlighet, feghet''.
translated:
"the carver predicts that the one who destroys the stone will be struck the curse of ergi, 'unmanliness', 'cowardice'."
Reminds me of Valheim.