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Runic inscription

Sö 240

Period
Viking Age
Location
Ribby

Inscription

ᛋᚢᛁᚾ᛫ᛚᛁᛏ᛫ᚱᛅᛁᛋᛅ᛫ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᚱᚬᚦᛁᛋᛚ᛫ᚠᛅᚦᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᛅ

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Old Norse

Sveinn lét reisa stein at Hróðgísl, fôður sinn.

English

Sveinn had the stone raised in memory of Hróðgísl, his father.

Object

Object type
runsten
Material category
sten

Location

Parish
Västerhaninge sn
District
Sotholms hd
Municipality
Haninge

Sources

Reading basis
The reading or interpretation was supplemented from a later source
Carver
Amunde (A)
Style group
Fp
Reference
plansch 120

Images

Sö 240, Ribby

Sö 240, Ribby —kenny_lex from Handen, Sweden; Runsten Nr:Sö 240

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