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Runic inscription

U 1011

Period
Viking Age
Location
Örby

Inscription

§A᛫ᚢᛁᚼᛘᚢᚾᛏᚱ᛫ᛚᛁᛏ᛫ᛅᚵᚢᛅ᛫ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᛋᛁᚵ᛫ᛋᛂᛚᚠᚬᚾ᛫ᛋᛚᚤᛁᛅᛋᛏᚱ᛫ᛘᚬᚾᚬ᛫ᚵᚢᚦ᛫ᛁᛅᛚᛒᛁ᛫ᛋᛁᛅᛚ᛫ᚢᛁᚼᛘᚢᚾᛏᛅᚱ᛫ᛋᛏᚤᚱᛁᛘᚬᚾᛋ

§B᛫ᚢᛁᚼᛘᚢᚾᛏᚱ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᛅᚠᛁᚱᛁᚦ᛫ᛂᚴᚢ᛫ᛘᛂᚱᚴᛁ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᚴᚢᛁᚴᚢᛅᚾ᛫ᛋᛁᚴ

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

Old Norse

§A Vígmundr lét hôggva stein at sik sjalfan, slœgjastr manna. Guð hjalpi sál Vígmundar stýrimanns.

§B Vígmundr ok Áfríðr hjoggu merki at kvikvan sik.

English

§A Vígmundr had the stone cut in memory of himself, the most skillful of men. May God help Vígmundr the captain's soul.

§B Vígmundr and Áfríðr cut the landmark in memory of themselves while alive.

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