← Back to the Runic Converter

Runic inscription

DR 289

Period
Viking Age efter-Jelling
Location
Bjäresjö 3, Bjärsjöholm

Inscription

ᚠᚱᛅᚦᛁ᛫ᚱᛁᛋᚦᛁ᛫ᛋᛏᛂᚾ᛫ᚦᛅᚾᛋᛁ᛫ᛅᚠᛏᛁᛦ᛫ᚢᛚᛅᚠ᛫ᛘᛅᚴ᛫ᛋᛁᛅ᛫ᛏᚱᛂᚴ᛫ᚼᛅᚱᚦᛅ᛫ᚴᚢᚦᛅᚾ

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

Old Norse

Fraði/Freði reisti stein þenna eptir Ólaf, mág sinn, dreng harða góðan.

English

Fraði/Freði raised this stone in memory of Ólafr, his kinsman-by-marriage, 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
Bergsjöholm

Sources

Style group
RAK
Reference
DK nr.: Sk 31, http://runer.ku.dk/VisGenstand.aspx?Titel=Bj%c3%a4resj%c3%b6-sten_3

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