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Runic inscription

Sm 61

Period
Viking Age
Location
Runstensholm

Inscription

ᚴᚢᚦᚢᛅᚱ᛫ᛚᛂᛏ᛫ᚱᛂᛋᛅ᛫ᛋᛏᛂᛁᚾ᛫ᚦᛅᚾᛅ᛫ᛂᚠᛏᛦ᛫ᛅᚢᚦᛅ᛫ᛋᚢᚾ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᚴᛅᚱᛚ᛫ᛂᚠᛏᛁᛦ᛫ᛋᛏᛁᚾ᛫ᛋᚢᚾ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᚴᚢᚦ᛫ᚼᛁᛅᛚᛒᛁ᛫ᛋᛅᚢ

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Old Norse

Guðvarðr/Guðvarr/Guðvôr lét reisa stein þenna eptir Auða, son sinn, ok Karl eptir Stein, son sinn. Guð hjalpi sálu.

English

Guðvarðr/Guðvarr/Guðvôr had this stone raised in memory of Auði, his/her son; and Karl in memory of Steinn, his son. May God help (their) souls.

Object

Object type
runsten
Material category
sten
Material
gnejs

Location

Parish
Tånnö sn
District
Östbo hd
Municipality
Värnamo

Sources

Reading basis
The reading or interpretation was supplemented from a later source
Style group
RAK
Other identifiers
B 1031; L 1247
Reference
Peterson 1987:211

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