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Runic inscription

Sö 179

Period
Viking Age
Location
Gripsholm

Inscription

ᛏᚢᛚᛅ᛫ᛚᛁᛏ᛫ᚱᛅᛁᛋᛅ᛫ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ᛫ᚦᛁᚾᛋᛅᛏ᛫ᛋᚢᚾ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᚼᛅᚱᛅᛚᛏ᛫ᛒᚱᚢᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛁᚾᚴᚢᛅᚱᛋ᛫ᚦᛅᛁᛦ᛫ᚠᚢᚱᚢ᛫ᛏᚱᛁᚴᛁᛚᛅ᛫ᚠᛁᛅᚱᛁ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᚴᚢᛚᛁ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᛅᚢᛋᛏᛅᚱᛚᛅᚱᚾᛁ᛫ᚴᛅᚠᚢ᛫ᛏᚢᚢ᛫ᛋᚢᚾᛅᚱᛚᛅ᛫ᛅ᛫ᛋᛁᚱᚴᛚᛅᚾᛏᛁ

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Old Norse

Tóla lét reisa stein þenna at son sinn Harald, bróður Ingvars. Þeir fóru drengila fjarri at gulli ok austarla erni gáfu, dóu sunnarla á Serklandi.

English

Tóla had this stone raised in memory of her son Haraldr, Ingvarr's brother. They travelled valiantly far for gold, and in the east gave (food) to the eagle. (They) died in the south in Serkland.

Images

SÖ179 Gripsholm Runestone

SÖ179 Gripsholm RunestonePhoto by sv:user:Tåggas . GFDL; originally uploaded to the Swedish Wikipedia by Användare:Tåggas on 20 April 2004, 10.55.

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