Runic inscription
U 289
- Period
- Viking Age
- Location
- Vik
Inscription
...ᚱ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᚼᚢᛚᛘᚠᛅᛋᛏᚱ᛫ᛚᛁᛏᚢ᛫ᚱᛁᛋᛅ᛫ᛋᛏᛁᚾᛅ᛫ᛁᚠᛏᛁᛦ᛫ᚼᚢᛚᛘᚴᛁᛦ᛫ᚠᛅᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᛏᚱᛁᚾᚴ᛫ᚼᛁᚠᛅᚾ
This is a normalized form and may not represent the exact runic forms in the inscription.
Old Norse
... ok Holmfastr létu reisa steina eptir Holmgeir, fôður sinn, dreng hæfan.
English
... and Holmfastr had the stones raised in memory of Holmgeirr, their father, a competent valiant man.
Data from the Scandinavian Runic-text Database:nordiska.uu.se/forskn/samnord.htm
