Runic inscription

U 11

Period: Viking Age 1075-1085
Location: Hovgården

Inscription

ᚱᛅᚦᚢ᛫ᚱᚢᚾᛅᛦ᛫ᚱᛂᛏ᛫ᛚᛁᛏ᛫ᚱᛁᛋᛏᛅ᛫ᛏᚬᛚᛁᛦ᛫ᛒᚱᚤᛏᛁ᛫ᛁ᛫ᚱᚬᚦ᛫ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚴᛁ᛫ᛏᚬᛚᛁᛦ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᚵᚤᛚᛅ᛫ᛚᛁᛏᚢ᛫ᚱᛁᛋ...᛫...-᛫ᚦᛅᚢᚾ᛫ᚼᛁᚬᚾ᛫ᛂᚠᛏᛁᛦ᛫...ᚴ᛫ᛘᛂᚱᚴᛁ᛫ᛋᚱᚾᛁ...᛫ᚼᛅᚴᚢᚾ᛫ᛒᛅᚦ᛫ᚱᛁᛋᛏᛅ

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

Old Norse

Ráð þú rúnar. Rétt lét rista Tólir bryti í róði konungi. Tólir ok Gylla létu rista ..., þau hjón eptir sik(?) merki ... Hákon bað rista.

English

Interpret the runes! Tólir the steward of Roðr had them rightly carved for the King. Tólir and Gylla had [the runes] carved ... this married couple as a landmark in memory of themselves(?) ... Hákon ordered (it) be carved.

Object

Object type: jordfast stenblock
Material category: sten
Material: grå granit

Location

Parish: Adelsö sn
District: Färentuna hd
Municipality: Ekerö

Sources

Carver: Olev (A); Torgöt Fotsarve (A)
Style group: Pr4
Other identifiers: B 1136, B 277; L 333
Notes: Håkon bör vara Håkon den röde som var kung från 1073 och 13 år framåt. Det kan också vara den norske jarlen Håkon Ivarsson som avses, se Carlsson 1997.

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