The runic inscription mentioned in these notes, which claims to have
been written with Gaukr Trandilsson's axe, is in Gordon: Introduction
to Old Norse 185-186, notes 259-260. The date of the Maeshowe
inscriptions is given as 1152-3. It's set out as poetry in Gordon's
transcription, although alliteration is missing in the third
half-line. You can find a drawing of the runes here [
http://www.arild-hauge.com/vesterhavsruner.htm#ORKENOYENE ]. The
first two words are written using the cryptic 'kvistrúnar'
"twig-runes", as is the 'm' of 'maðr', which are encoded thus:

tbmly = 1:1, 1:2, etc.
hnias = 2:1, etc.
fuþork = 3:1, etc.

þisar runar rist sa maþr er runstr er fyrir uæstan haf mæþ þæiri øhse
er ato køukr trænils sonr fyrir sunan lant

þessar rúnar reist sá maðr
er rúnstr er fyrir vestan haf
með þeiri øxi er átti Gaukr
Trandils sonr fyrir sunnan land.

These runes that man cut who was most skilled in rune-craft west over
sea with that axe which Gauk Trandil's son in the south (of Iceland)
owned.

Some more on the Maeshowe runes [
http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/maeshowe/maeshrunes.htm ].

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