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Runic inscription

U 363

Period
Viking Age
Location
Gådersta

Inscription

ᚴᛁᛋᛚᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᛚᛁᛏ᛫ᚼᛅᚴᚢᛅ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᛋᚢᚾ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᛋᛒᛁᛅᛚᛏᛒᚢᚦᛁ᛫ᚢᛚᚠᚱ᛫ᛁᚴᚢᛅᚱ᛫ᚼᚢᛚᚠᛅᛋᛏᚱ᛫ᚴᛅᛁᚱᛁ᛫ᚦᛅᛁᛦ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᛒᚱᚬᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᚦᛁᛅᚴᚾ᛫ᚠᚬᚱᛋ᛫ᚢᛏᛁ᛫ᚬᚴ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᛒᛁᛅᚱᚾ᛫ᚠᛅᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᛒᚱᚬ᛫ᚴᛁᚱᚦᚢ᛫ᚴᚢᚦ᛫ᚼᛁᛅᛚᛒᛁ᛫ᛋᛁᛚᚢ

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Old Norse

Gíslaug lét hôggva at son sinn, Spjallboði, Ulfr, Ingvarr, Holmfastr, Geiri, þeir at bróður sinn Þegn, fórst úti, ok at Bjôrn, fôður sinn. Brú gerðu. Guð hjalpi sálu.

English

Gíslaug had (this) cut in memory of her son; Spjallboði, Ulfr, Ingvarr, Holmfastr, Geiri, they made the bridge in memory of their brother Þegn, (who) perished abroad, and in memory of Bjôrn, their father. May God help (their) souls.

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