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Runic inscription

Sö 165

Period
Viking Age
Location
Grinda

Inscription

§P᛫ᚴᚢᚦᚱᚢᚾ᛫ᚱᛅᛁᛋᛏᛁ᛫ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᚼᛁᚦᛁᚾ᛫ᚢᛅᛦ᛫ᚾᛅᚠᛁ᛫ᛋᚢᛅᛁᛋ᛫ᚢᛅᛦ᛫ᚼᛅᚾ᛫ᛁ᛫ᚴᚱᛁᚴᚢᛘ᛫ᛁᚢᛚᛁ᛫ᛋᚴᛁᚠᛏᛁ᛫ᚴᚱᛁᛋᛏᚱ᛫ᚼᛁᛅᛚᛒ᛫ᛅᚾᛏ᛫ᚴᚱᛁᛋᛏᚢᚾᛁᛅ

§Q᛫ᚴᚢᚦᚱᚢᚾ᛫ᚱᛅᛁᛋᛏᛁ᛫ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᚼᛁᚦᛁᚾ᛫ᚢᛅᛦ᛫ᚾᛅᚠᛁ᛫ᛋᚢᛅᛁᛋ᛫ᚢᛅᛦ᛫ᚼᛅᚾ᛫ᛁ᛫ᚴᚱᛁᚴᚢᛘ᛫ᛁᚢᛚᛁ᛫ᛋᚴᛁᚠᛏᛁ᛫ᚴᚱᛁᛋᛏᚱ᛫ᚼᛁᛅᛚᛒ᛫ᛅᚾᛏ᛫ᚴᚱᛁᛋᛏ᛫ᚢᚾᛁ᛫ᛅ

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

Old Norse

§P Guðrún reisti stein at Heðin, var nefi Sveins. Var hann í Grikkjum, gulli skipti. Kristr hjalp ônd kristinna.

§Q Guðrún reisti stein at Heðin, var nefi Sveins. Var hann í Grikkjum, gulli skifti. Kristr hjalp ônd! Krist unni æ!

English

§P Guðrún raised the stone in memory of Heðinn; (he) was Sveinn's nephew. He was in Greece, divided (up) gold. May Christ help Christians' spirits.

§Q Guðrún raised the stone in memory of Heðinn; (he) was Sveinn's nephew. He was in Greece, divided (up) gold. Christ help the spirit! Christ he loved ever!

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