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Runic inscription

Sö 40

Period
Viking Age
Location
Västerljungs kyrka

Inscription

ᚼᛅᚢᚾᛂᚠᛦ᛫ᚱᛅᛁᛋᛏᛁ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᚴᛅᛁᛦᛘᛅᚱ᛫ᚠᛅᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᚼᛅᛅ᛫ᛁᛦ᛫ᛁᚾᛏᛅᚦᚱ᛫ᚬ᛫ᚦᛁᚢᛋᛏᛁ᛫ᛋᚴᛅᛘᛅᛚᛋ᛫ᚼᛁᛅᚴ᛫ᚱᚢᚾᛅᛦ᛫ᚦᛅᛦᛋᛁ

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Old Norse

Hónefr reisti at Geirmar, fôður sinn. Hann er endaðr á Þjústi. Skammhals hjó rúnar þessar.

English

Hónefr raised (the stone) in memory of Geirmarr, his father. He met his end in Þjústr. Skammhals cut these runes.

Object

Object type
runsten
Material category
sten
Material
granitgnejs

Location

Parish
Västerljungs sn
District
Hölebo hd
Municipality
Trosa
Placement
På kyrkogården.

Sources

Reading basis
The reading or interpretation was supplemented from a later source
Carver
Skamhals 2 (S)
Style group
Pr2
Other identifiers
B 781; L 857
Reference
Fv 1959:263 ff, http://fornvannen.se/pdf/1950talet/1959_241.pdf; Fältex. A; Jansson 1968; Williams 1990:138f
Notes
Återfanns i torngrunden 1959. Enligt Fältex. A är detta ett återfynd av Sö 40. Bild av Gunnar som spelar i ormgropen.

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