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Runic inscription

U 489

Period
Viking Age
Location
Morby

Inscription

ᚴᚼᚢᛚᚢ᛫ᛚᛁᛏ᛫ᚴᛁᚱᛅ᛫ᛒᚱᚬ᛫ᚠᚱ᛫ᛅᚾᛏ᛫ᚴᛁᛚᛅᚢᛅ᛫ᛏᚬᛏᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᚢᚴ᛫ᛋᚢᛘ᛫ᛅᛏᛁ᛫ᚢᛚᚠᚱ᛫ᚤᛒᛁᛦ᛫ᚱᛁᛋᛏᛁ

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

Old Norse

Gullaug(?) lét gera brú fyrir ônd Gillaugar, dóttur sinnar ok sem átti Ulfr. Œpir risti.

English

Gullaug(?) had the bridge made for the spirit of Gillaug, her daughter, and whom Ulfr owned (i.e. was married to). Œpir carved.

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