Runic inscription

Sm 144

Period: Viking Age s 800-t
Location: Gursten

Inscription

§P

§A᛫ᛌᚢᚿᚢᛧ᛫ᚿᛆᚢᛐ᛫ᛌᛙᛁᚦᛆ᛫ᚴᛆᛐᛆ

§B᛫ᚢᛁᚠᚱᚦᛆᛧ᛫...ᚢᚿ...

§C᛫ᚴᚢᚦᛆᛌᚴᛆᚴᛁ᛫ᚠᛆᚦᛁ

§Q

§A᛫ᚴᚢᚦᛆᛌᚴᛆᚴᛁ᛫ᚠᛆᚦᛁ

§B᛫ᛌᚢᚿᚢᛧ᛫ᚿᛆᚢᛐ᛫ᛌᛙᛁᚦᛆ᛫ᚴᛆᛐᛆ

§C᛫ᚢᛁᚠ᛫ᛌᛁᚦᛆᛧ᛫ᚢᚿ...

This is a normalized form and may not represent the exact runic forms in the inscription.

Old Norse

§P

§A Sonr naut smíða Káta,

§B Véfríðar/Véfrøðar sonar.

§C Guða-Skeggi/Skakki/Skagi fáði.

§Q

§A Goða-Skeggi fáði.

§B Sonr naut smíða Káta.

§C Víf síðarr unni.

English

§P

§AB The son made good use of Káti Véfríðarson's/Véfrøðarson's handiwork.

§C Guða-Skeggi/Skakki/Skagi coloured.

§Q Goða-Skeggi (i.e. Skeggi of the goði or goðar) coloured. The son got (or: made good use of) Káti's handiwork. The wife later granted (or: permitted).

Object

Object type: runsten
Material category: sten

Location

Parish: Lofta sn
District: Norra Tjusts hd
Municipality: Västervik
Placement: Vid folkhögskolan i Gamleby.

Sources

Reading basis: The reading or interpretation was supplemented from a later source
Rune types: kortkvist
Reference: §Q: Åkerström 2011

Images

**Sm144 Gamlebystenen** —Bengt A. Lundberg; Bengt A Lundberg / Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet This file was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the Swedish National Heritage Board as part of the cooperation project Connected Open Heritage with Wikimedia Sverige . This file was made available by Riksantikvarieämbetet as part of the Connected Open Heritage project. The project is led by Wikimedia Sverige in cooperation with UNESCO, Wikimedia Italia and Cultural Heritage without Borders and is financed by a project grant from the Culture Foundation of the Swedish Postcode Lottery .; Bengt A Lundberg / Riksantikvarieämbetet
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Data from the Scandinavian Runic-text Database:nordiska.uu.se/forskn/samnord.htm