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
This is a normalized form and may not represent the exact runic forms in the inscription.
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 —Photo by sv:user:Tåggas . GFDL; originally uploaded to the Swedish Wikipedia by Användare:Tåggas on 20 April 2004, 10.55.
Data from the Scandinavian Runic-text Database:nordiska.uu.se/forskn/samnord.htm

