Runic inscription
Sm 5
- Period
- Viking Age
- Location
- Transjö
Inscription
§A᛫ᚴᚬᛏᚱ᛫ᛋᛅᛏᛁ᛫ᛋᛏᛂᚾ᛫ᚦᛅᚾᛅ᛫ᛂᚠᛏᛦ᛫ᚴᛂᛏᛁᛚ
§B᛫ᛋᚢᚾ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᚼᛅᚾ᛫ᚠᛅᛦ
§C᛫ᛘᛅᚾᛅ᛫ᛘᛂᛋᚱ᛫ᚬᚾᛁᚦᛁᚴᛦ᛫ᛂᛦ᛫ᛅ᛫ᛂᚴᛚᛅᛏᛁ᛫ᛅᛚᛁ᛫ᛏᚢᚾᚦᛁ
This is a normalized form and may not represent the exact runic forms in the inscription.
Old Norse
§A Gautr setti stein þenna eptir Ketil,
§B son sinn. Hann var
§C manna mestr óníðingr, er á Englandi aldri týndi.
English
§A Gautr placed this stone in memory of Ketill
§B his son. He was
§C the most unvillainous of men, who forfeited his life in England.
Data from the Scandinavian Runic-text Database:nordiska.uu.se/forskn/samnord.htm
