Runic inscription

G 161

Period: Post-Viking Age m 1300-t - 1400
Location: Fröjels kyrka

Inscription

ᚮᛚ-ᚠ᛫...᛫ᛚᛁᛏᚢ᛫ᚴᛁᛆᚱᛆ᛫ᛋᛏᛆᛁᚾ᛫ᚦᛆᚾᛆ᛫ᚢᚠᛁᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᛋᚢᚾ᛫ᛒᚢᛏᛆᛁ-᛫ᚢ-------ᛋ-ᛆᚠᛁᚦᛁ...᛫-ᚮᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᚱᚢᚦᚢᛁ-᛫...᛫ᛒᛆᛏ-ᚱᚾᚮᛋ...ᚢᚱ᛫ᚠᛁᚱᛁᚱ᛫ᚦᛆᛁᚱᛆ᛫ᛋᛁᛆᛚ᛫---...ᚢ--...---...-----᛫-ᛚ-ᚾ...--ᛆ---

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

Old Norse

Ólafr ... létu gera stein þenna yfir sinn son Bótgeir(?) ... móður Hróðvéu ... paternoster fyrir þeira sál ... ...

English

Ólafr ... had this stone made over their son Bótgeirr(?) ... mother Hróðvé ... Our Father for their souls ...

Object

Object type: gravhäll
Material category: sten
Material: kalksten

Location

Parish: Fröjels sn
District: Hejde ting
Municipality: Gotland
Placement: I långhusets mittgång.

Sources

Reading basis: The reading or interpretation was supplemented from a later source
Other identifiers: L 1756, L 1757
Reference: Snædal 2002:142f

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