Sö 174

Inscription

ᚢᛒᛚᚢᛒᛦ᛫ᛚᛁᛏ᛫ᚴᛁᚱᛅ᛫ᚴᚢᛘᛚ᛫ᛚᛁᚴᚼᚢᛋ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᛒᚱᚢ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᛋᚢᚾ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᛒᛁᚢᚱᚾ᛫ᚢᛅᛦ᛫ᛏᚱᛂᛒᛁᚾ᛫ᛅ᛫ᚴᚢᛏᛚᛅᚾᛏᛁ᛫ᚦᚤ᛫ᛚᛁᛏ᛫ᚠᛁᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᛏ᛫ᚠᛚᚢᚦᚢ᛫ᚴᛅᚾᚴᛁᛦ᛫ᚦᛅᛁᛦ᛫ᚢᛁᚦᚢᛚᚴᚢᛦ᛫ᚢᛁᛚᛏᚢ᛫ᛁᚴᛁ᛫ᚼᛅᛚᛏᛅ᛫ᚵᚢᚦ᛫ᚼᛁᛚᛒᛁ᛫ᛅᚾᛏᛅ᛫ᚼᛅᚾᛋ

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Old Norse

Ólafr(?)/Óblauðr(?)/Upphlaupr(?) lét gera kuml, líkhús/líknhús ok brú at son sinn Bjôrn, var drepinn á Gotlandi. Þý lét fjôr sitt, flýðu gengir, þeir ... vildu ekki halda. Guð hjalpi anda hans.

English

Ólafr(?)/Óblauðr(?)/Upphlaupr(?) had the monument and sarcophagus/hospice and bridge made in memory of his son Bjôrn, (who) was killed on Gotland. Because his followers fled, he lost his life; they ... would not hold. May God help his spirit.