Runic inscription

G 199

Period: Post-Viking Age 1160-1190
Location: Tofta kyrka

Inscription

ᚠᚱᛁᚦᚵᛆᛁᛦ᛫ᚮᚴ᛫ᛆᛚᚢᛆᛚᛑᛦ᛫ᚮᚴ᛫ᚱᚮᚦᛆᛁᚦᛦ᛫ᛚᛁᛏᚢ᛫ᚵᛁᛂᛦᛆ᛫ᛋᛏᛆᛁᚾᚼᚢᛆᛚᚠ᛫ᚦᛁᛋ-᛫ᛂᚠᛏᛁᛦ᛫ᚱᚮᚦᚢᚱᛘ᛫ᚠᛆᚦ...᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᛒ-ᚦ-...᛫...-᛫ᛋᛁᛆᛚ᛫ᚼᛆᚾᛋ᛫ᛋᛆᚴᛏᚢᛋ᛫ᛒᛆᚱᚦᚮᛚᛁᛘᛂᚢᛋ᛫ᛁᚱᚾᛁ᛫ᛘᛁᛋᚴᚢᚾᛆᛦ᛫ᛋᛁᛆᛚᚢ᛫ᚱᚮᚦ--ᛘᛋ᛫ᛆ-ᛂ-᛫------...᛫ᛋᛆᚴᛋᛁ᛫-ᛁᛂᚴ᛫ᚱᚢᚾᛆᛦ

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

Old Norse

Friðgeirr ok Alvaldr ok Hróðheiðr létu gera steinhvalf þessa eptir Hróðorm, fôður sinn. Biðið(?) ... sál hans. Sanktus Bartolomeus árni miskunnar sálu Hróðorms. Amen(?) ... Saxi hjó rúnar.

English

Friðgeirr and Alvaldr and Hróðheiðr had this stone-vault made in memory of Hróðormr, their father. Pray(?) ... his soul. May Saint Bartholomew obtain mercy for Hróðormr's soul. Amen(?) ... Saxi cut the runes.

Object

Object type: gravhäll
Material category: sten
Material: kalksten

Location

Parish: Tofta sn
District: Banda ting
Municipality: Gotland
Placement: Vid norra innerväggen.

Sources

Reading basis: The reading or interpretation was supplemented from a later source
Other identifiers: L 1742
Reference: Snædal 2002:107

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