The medieval runic inscription N 351 was found in the Borgund stave church in Norway. It was carved into a piece of wood by a visitor at the mass of Saint Olaf during the Middle Ages and it testifies to lingering beliefs in the pagan Norns.

Contents 1 Transcription 2 Transliteration 3 Translation 4 Source

[edit] Transcription

• þo=rir * ræist * runa=r * þessa=r * þan * olaus*mess*o=æpþa=n ¶ ...r han * fo=r * he=r um ¶ ÷ bæþe= =ge=rþo= =no=(r)ne=r * uæl * o=k * il=la * mikla * møþe ¶ g skapaþu * þær mer

[edit] Transliteration

• Þórir reist rúnar þessar þann Ólausmessaptan, [e]r han fór hér um. Bæði gerðu nornir vel ok illa, mikla mœði ... skôpuðu þær mér.

[edit] Translation

• Þórir carved these runes on the eve of Olaus-mass, as he travelled past here. The norns presented measures of good and evil, great toil ... they created before me.

[edit] Source

• Rundata
• Simek, Rudolf (translated by Angela Hall) (1996). Dictionary of Northern Mythology. D. S. Brewer. ISBN 0 85991 369 4 p. 237