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Runic inscription

U 440

Period
Viking Age
Location
Odensala kyrka

Inscription

ᚦᚬᚱ᛫ᚬᚴ᛫ᛋᛁᚱᛁᚦ᛫ᛚᛁᛏᚢ᛫ᚴᛁᛅᚱᛅ᛫ᛘᛂᚱᚴᛁ᛫ᛂᚠᛏᛁᛦ᛫ᛋᚢᚾ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᛋᛁᚼᚦᚬᚱ᛫ᚴᚢᚦ᛫ᛒᛂᚱᚼᛁ᛫ᛋᛁᚢᛚᚢ᛫ᚼᛅᚾᛋ

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Old Norse

Þórðr/Þórr/Þorn ok Sigríðr létu gera merki eptir son sinn Sigþór(?)/Sigþorn(?). Guð bjargi sálu hans.

English

Þórðr/Þórðr/Þorn and Sigríðr had the landmark made in memory of their son Sigþórr(?)/Sigþorn(?). May God save his soul.

Object

Object type
gravhäll
Material category
sten
Material
granit

Location

Parish
Odensala sn
District
Ärlinghundra hd
Municipality
Sigtuna

Sources

Reading basis
The reading or interpretation was supplemented from a later source
Other identifiers
B 170; L 1556
Reference
Stille 1999a:90; Salberger 1991

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