Possible a better ON form would be "rýnstr".
At least it "feels" better ...

E.

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>
>
> 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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