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Inscription

§A᛫ᚴᛂᛏᛁᛚ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᛒᛁᚬᚱᚾ᛫ᚦᛅᛁᛦ᛫ᚱᛅᛁᛋᛏᚢ᛫ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ᛫ᚦᛁᚾᛅ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᚦᚬᚢᚱᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ᛫ᚠᛅᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᛅᚾᚢᚾᛏᚱ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᛒᚱᚢᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᚼᚢᛋᚴᛅᚱᛚᛅᛦ᛫ᚼᛁᚠᛁᛦ᛫ᛁᛅᚠᚾᛅ᛫ᚴᛂᛏᛁᛚᛅᚢ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᛒᚢᛅᚾᛏᛅ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᛒᚱᚢᚦᚱ᛫ᚢᛅᛦᚢ᛫ᚦᛅᛦ᛫ᛒᛁᛋᛏᚱᛅ᛫ᛘᛅᚾᛅ᛫ᛅ᛫ᛚᛅᚾᛏᛁ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᛁ᛫ᛚᛁᚦᛁ᛫ᚢᛏᛁ᛫ᚼᛁᛚᛏᚢ᛫ᛋᛁᚾᛁ᛫ᚼᚢᛋᚴᛅᚱᛚᛅ᛫ᚢᛁ-

§B᛫ᚼᛅᚾ᛫ᚠᛁᛅᛚ᛫ᛁ᛫ᚢᚱᚢᛋᛏᚢ᛫ᛅᚢᛋᛏᚱ᛫ᛁ᛫ᚵᛅᚱᚦᚢᛘ᛫ᛚᛁᛋ᛫ᚠᚢᚱᚢᚵᛁ᛫ᛚᛅᚾᛘᛅᚾᛅ᛫ᛒᛂᛋᛏᚱ

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

Old Norse

§A Ketill ok Bjôrn þeir reistu stein þenna at Þorstein, fôður sinn, Ônundr at bróður sinn ok húskarlar eptir(?) jafna, Ketiley at bónda sinn. Brœðr váru þeir beztra manna, á landi ok í liði úti, heldu sína húskarla vel.

§B Hann fell í orrostu austr í Gôrðum, liðs forungi, landmanna beztr.

English

§A Ketill and Bjôrn, they raised this stone in memory of Þorsteinn, their father; Ônundr in memory of his brother and the housecarls in memory of the just(?) (and) Ketiley in memory of her husbandman. These brothers were the best of men in the land and abroad in the retinue, held their housecarls well.

§B He fell in battle in the east in Garðar (Russia), commander of the retinue, the best of landholders.