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Runic inscription

Sö 254

Period
Viking Age
Location
Vansta

Inscription

ᛋᚢᛅᚾ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ᛫ᚱᛅᛁᛋᛏᚢ᛫ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᛏᚬᛋᛏᛅ᛫ᚠᛅᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᛁᛋ᛫ᚢᛅᚱᚦ᛫ᛏᛅᚢᚦᚱ᛫ᛁ᛫ᛚᛁᚦᛁ᛫ᛁᚴᚢᛅᚱᛋ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᚦᚬᚱᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᚴᛏ᛫ᛅᚤᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ᛫ᛅᛚᚼᛁᛚᛏᛅᚱ᛫ᛋ--

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Old Norse

Sveinn/Svanr ok Steinn reistu stein at Tosta, fôður sinn, er varð dauðr í liði Ingvars, ok at Þorstein ok at Eystein, Alfhildar son.

English

Sveinn/Svanr and Steinn raised the stone in memory of Tosti, their father, who died in Ingvarr's retinue, and in memory of Þorsteinn, and in memory of Eysteinn, Alfhildr's son.

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