Barmenstein
The Barmenstein (N KJ64 or NKJ64 - locally rune stones sød i stranda - called the rune stone on the south beach) is one of the oldest rune stones in Stad im Fylke Vestland and in Norway . It is made of gneiss and stands on the nine square kilometer round island of Barmen (norwegian Barmøya) between the hamlet of Korsneset and the south beach, a good 20 m from the road. Its height is about 1.55 m, the width 0.6 to 0.7 m and the thickness 0.2 m. There is a building stone nearby (without runes).
The older runic alphabet Futhark contains 24 characters. Many of the characters on the Barmenstein, dated 400-450 AD, are difficult to read. The runes are written vertically. The inscription should be read from top to bottom. It reads: "ek þirbijaR ru"
The Norwegian runologist Magnus Olsen (1878–1963) interpreted the inscription as follows: “I, Terbes son, have carved the ear”.
Carl Marstrander (1883–1965) reads "þirbijaR" and translates: "who makes people powerless, (wrote this) ru (nes)." He took it for granted that the last two runes should be read as an abbreviation of runoR, which means runes means. The inscription could have been written as a curse against those who tried to compromise his property on the island.
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Coordinates: 62 ° 0 ′ 25.6 " N , 5 ° 18 ′ 43.9" E