U 258

Inscription

ᚴᚢᚾᛅᚱ᛫ᚢᚴ᛫ᛋᛅᛋᚢᚱ᛫ᚦᛁᛦ᛫ᛚᛁᛏᚢ᛫ᚱᛁᛋᛅ᛫ᛋᛏᛁᚾ᛫ᚦᛁᚾᛅ᛫ᛁᚠᛏᛁᛦ᛫ᚴᛁᛦᛒᛁᛅᚱᚾ᛫ᚠᛅᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᛋᚢᚾ᛫ᚢᛁᛏᚴᛅᚱᛋ᛫ᛁ᛫ᛋᚢ--ᚢᚾᛁᛋᛁ᛫ᚬᚾ᛫ᛏᚱᛅᛒᚢ᛫ᚾᚢᚱᛘᛁᚾᚱ᛫ᚬ᛫ᚴᚾᛁᚱᛁ᛫ᛅᛋᛒᛁᛅᚱᚾᛅᛦ

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Old Norse

Gunnarr ok Sassurr þeir létu reisa stein þenna eptir Geirbjôrn, fôður sinn, son Vittkarls/Hvítkárs í Svôlunesi(?). Hann drápu norrmenn á knerri Ásbjarnar.

English

Gunnarr and Sassurr, they had this stone raised in memory of Geirbjôrn, their father, Vittkarl/Hvítkarr of Svalunes's son. Norwegians killed him on Ásbjôrn's cargo-ship.