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Runic inscription

U 1161

Period
Viking Age
Location
Altuna kyrka

Inscription

§A᛫ᚢᛁᚠᛅᛋᚦᛏᚱ᛫ᚠᚢᛚᚴᛅᚼᚦᚱ᛫ᚴᚢᚦᛅᚱ᛫ᛚᛁᛏᚢ᛫ᚱᛂᛋᛅ᛫ᛋᚦᛏᛂᚾ᛫ᛦᚦᛏᛁ᛫ᛋᛂᚾ᛫ᚠᛅᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᚢᛚᚠᛅᛋᚦ᛫ᛅᚱᚠᛅᛋᛏ

§BP᛫ᛒᛂᚦᛁ᛫ᚠᛂᚦᚱᚴᛅᚵ᛫ᛒᚢᚱᚾᚢ᛫ᛂᚾ᛫...ᛦ᛫ᛒᛅᛚᛁ᛫ᚠᚱᛂᛋᚦᛂᚾ᛫ᛚᛁᚦ᛫ᛚᛁᚠᛋᚦᛂᚾ...᛫...

§BQ᛫ᛒᛂᚦᛁ᛫ᚠᛂᚦᚱᚴᛅᚵ᛫ᛒᚢᚱᚾᚢ᛫ᛂᚾ᛫...᛫ᛒᛅᛚᛁ᛫ᚠᚱᛂᛋᚦᛂᚾ᛫ᛚᛁᚦ᛫ᛚᛁᚠᛋᚦᛂᚾ

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

Old Norse

§A Véfastr, Folkaðr, Guðvarr(?) létu reisa stein eptir sinn fôður Holmfast, Arnfast.

§BP Báðir feðgar brunnu, en þeir Balli, Freysteinn, lið Hlífsteins ristu.

§BQ Báðir feðgar brunnu, en þeir Balli, Freysteinn, lið Hlífsteinn.

English

§A Véfastr, Folkaðr, Guðvarr(?) had the stone raised in memory of their father Holmfastr, (and in memory of) Arnfastr.

§BP Both father and son were burned, and Balli (and) Freysteinn, of Hlífsteinn's retinue, carved.

§BQ Both father and son were burned, and Balli (and) Freysteinn (and) Hlífsteinn (carved?).

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