It is noted for its similarities to the Eddaic poem Skírnismál (particularly stanza 36);[1] as a rare example of a poetic rune-stave inscription; and of runes being used in love magic.

The Scandinavian Runic-text Database (Rundata) gives the following transliteration, normalization, and translation for the stick:[4] ristRíste=kek: bot:runa=rbótrúnar,: ristríst: e=kekbiabh:runa=rbjargrúnar,: eæin:fa=leinfaltuiþvið: a=luomalfum,: tuiua=lttvífaltuiþvið: t=rolomtrollum,: þreua=ltþrífalt: uiþvið: þ(u)--þurs[um],rist e=k : bot:runa=r : rist : e=k biabh:runa=r : eæin:fa=l uiþ : a=luom : tuiua=lt uiþ : t=rolom : þreua=lt : uiþ : þ(u)--Ríst ek {} bótrúnar, {} ríst {} ek bjargrúnar, {} einfalt við {} alfum, {} tvífalt við {} trollum, {} þrífalt {} við {} þurs[um],I cut runes of help; I cut runes of protection; once against the elves, twice against the trolls, thrice against the ogres …uiþviðe=nneinni: skøþoskoðu: skahskag(?

{} valkyrju, {} svát {} ei megi, {} þótt æ vili, {} lævís {} kona, {} lífi {} þínu g[randa], …against the harmful 'skag'-valkyrie, so that she never shall, though she ever would-evil woman!-(injure) your life …e=keksende=rsendi: þerþér,: ekekseséaáþe=rþér,: ylhia=rylgjar: e=rhiergio=kokoþolaúþola.: aÁþe=rþér: rinihríni: uþoleúþoli: a=ukok: i(a)lunsioluns(?): moþmóð.

§B við inni skœðu skag-valkyrju, svá at ei megi þó at æ vili lævís kona lífi þínu ...

In the view of McKinnell, Simek and Düwel, They point out that the addressee of side D is a woman, on account of the feminine form sjalfri.

[6] It has been noted that the inscription has close parallels to magic charms found in eddic poetry, especially verse 36 of the poem Skírnismál.

[1] According to Finnur Jónsson's 1932 edition of the poem and Carolyne Larrington's 2014 translation (with the line breaks adjusted to match the original):

There is a photograph of a detail of the stave in Aslak Liestøl, ‘Runer frå Bryggen’, Viking: Tidsskrift for norrøn arkeologi, 27 (1964), 5–53, reproduced in Stephen A. Mitchell, ‘Anaphrodisiac Charms in the Nordic Middle Ages: Impotence, Infertility and Magic’, Norveg, 41 (1998), 19-42 (p. 29).