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Runic inscription

U 38

Period
Viking Age
Location
Säby, Galgbacken

Inscription

ᛚᛁᚴᚢᛁᚦᚱ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᚴᚾᚢ-...᛫...᛫...ᛏᚢ᛫ᚱ--ᛋᛅ᛫...ᚾ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᚢ...᛫ᛋᛁ-᛫ᛒᚢ--ᛏᛅ᛫...ᚱᛚᛅᚢᚵᛅᚱ᛫ᚴᚢᚦ᛫ᚼᛁᛂᛒᛚᛁ᛫-᛫ᛋᛅᛚ᛫ᚼᛅ-ᛋ

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

Old Norse

Líkviðr ok Knútr ... létu reisa stein at ... sinn, bónda Geirlaugar. Guð hjalpi ... sál hans.

English

Líkviðr and Knútr ... had the stone raised in memory of ... their ..., Geirlaug's husbandman. May God help ... his soul.

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