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Runic inscription

DR 288

Period
Viking Age efter-Jelling
Location
Bjäresjö 2

Inscription

ᚬᛅᚴᛁ᛫ᛋᛅᛏᛁ᛫ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ᛫ᚦᛅᚾᛋᛁ᛫ᛅᚠᛏᛁᛦ᛫ᚢᛚᚠ᛫ᛒᚱᚢᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᚼᛅᚱᚦᛅ᛫ᚴᚢᚦᛅᚾ᛫ᛏᚱᛅᚴ

This is a normalized form and may not represent the exact runic forms in the inscription.

Old Norse

Áki setti stein þenna eptir Ulf, bróður sinn, harða góðan dreng.

English

Áki placed this stone in memory of Ulfr, his brother, a very good valiant man.

Object

Object type
runsten
Material category
sten
Material
granit

Location

Parish
Bjäresjö sn
District
Herrestads hd, Skåne
Municipality
Ystad
Placement
Lunds historiska museum

Sources

Carver
Troligen Hunnestad-ristaren
Style group
RAK
Other identifiers
L 1422
Reference
DK nr.: Sk 30, http://runer.ku.dk/VisGenstand.aspx?Titel=Bj%c3%a4resj%c3%b6-sten_2

Data from the Scandinavian Runic-text Database:nordiska.uu.se/forskn/samnord.htm