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Runic inscription

U 438

Period
Viking Age
Location
Ekilla

Inscription

ᚱᚬᚾᛏᚱ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᚱᛁᚴᛁ᛫ᛅᚢᚴᚢᚦᚱᚢᚾ᛫ᚦᛅᛁᛦ᛫ᛒᚱᚢᚦᚱ᛫ᛚᛁᛏᚢ᛫ᚱ-ᛁᛋᛅ᛫ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ᛫ᚦᛁᚾᚬ᛫ᛅᛒᛏᛁᛦ᛫ᛒᚱᚢᚾᚬ᛫ᚠᛅᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᚴᚢᚦ᛫ᚼᛁᛅᛚᛒᛁ᛫ᚼᚬᚾᛋᛅᛚᚢ

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Old Norse

Þróndr/Randr ok Ríki(?) ok Guðrún, þeir brœðr létu reisa stein þenna eptir Brúna, fôður sinn. Guð hjalpi hans sálu.

English

Þróndr/Randr and Ríki(?) and Guðrún, these brothers had this stone raised in memory of Brúni, their father. May God help his soul.

Object

Object type
runsten
Material category
sten
Material
granitgnejs

Location

Parish
Husby-Ärlinghundra sn
District
Ärlinghundra hd
Municipality
Sigtuna
Placement
I parken vid Steninge.

Sources

Reading basis
The reading or interpretation was supplemented from a later source
Carver
Åsmund (A)
Style group
Pr3?
Reference
Williams 1990:59f

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