The Bryggen find showed the everyday use that runes had in this area, and presumably in other parts of Scandinavia as well.
Another important aspect of the find was that many of the inscriptions were obviously at least as recent as the 14th century.
Yet others contain short religious inscriptions, often in Latin, such as Rex Judæorum In nomine Patris Nazarenus (B005) and may have been intended as amulets.
[1] mengiætaimin notouk dahilfsminsouk salokuþsemikoksihni=kuÞkifiosbyrokkafomarih[..[lbemer ethialbemerallegzhlkarh[ ... ] Guð gefi oss byr ok gáfu Mariu.
H{já}lpi mér Klemetr, hjalpi mér allir Guðs helgir (menn) fuþorkhniastbmly Fuþorkhniastbmly Fuþorkhniastbmly (Younger futhark alphabet) yþænþuæt[-]nuka:ældiriþsu(an)ahiþar: s(au)dælakumlynhuit(an)ha[--]klko lotak(ol)ahbohas(ol)ar:fiartar:tahs[--] [ ... ]kuiþi þækanukabækiiar rakæyrfiar fuþorkhniastblmy Fuþorkhniastblmy