U 539

Inscription

§A᛫ᛏᛁᛅᚱᚠᛦ᛫ᚢᚴᛁ᛫ᚢᚱᛁᚴᛅ᛫ᚢᚴ᛫ᚢᛁᚴᛁ᛫ᚢᚴ᛫ᛁᚢᚴᛁᛦ᛫ᚢᚴ᛫ᚴᛁᛦᛁᛅᛚᛘᛦ᛫ᚦᛁᛦ᛫ᛒᚱᚤᚦᚱ᛫ᛅᛚᛁᛦ᛫ᛚᛁᛏᚢ᛫ᚱᛁᛋᛅ

§B᛫ᛋᛏᛁᚾ᛫ᚦᛁᚾᛅ᛫ᛁᚠᛏᛁᛦ᛫ᛋᚢᛁᚾ᛫ᛒᚱᚢᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᛋᛅᛦ᛫ᚢᛅᚱᚦ᛫ᛏᚢᚦᚱ᛫ᛅ᛫ᛁᚢᛏᛚᛅᛏᛁ᛫ᚬᚾ᛫ᛋᚴᚢᛚᛏᛁ

§C᛫ᚠᛅᚱᛅ᛫ᛏᛁᛚ᛫ᛁᚴᛚᛅᚾᚦᛋ᛫ᚴᚢᚦ᛫ᛁᛅᛚᛒᛁ᛫ᚬᚾᛋ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᚢᚴ᛫ᛋᛅᛚᚢ᛫ᚢᚴᚢᛋ᛫ᛘᚢᚦᛁᛦ᛫ᛒᛂᛏᚱ᛫ᚦᛅᚾ᛫ᛅᚾ᛫ᚴᛅᚱᚦᛁ᛫ᛏᛁᛚ

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

Old Norse

§A Djarfr ok Órœkja ok Vígi ok Jógeirr ok Geirhjalmr, þeir brœðr allir létu reisa

§B stein þenna eptir Svein, bróður sinn. Sá varð dauðr á Jútlandi. Hann skuldi

§C fara til Englands. Guð hjalpi hans ônd ok sálu ok Guðs móðir betr en hann gerði til.

English

§A Djarfr and Órœkja and Vígi and Jógeirr and Geirhjalmr, all of these brothers had

§B this stone raised in memory of Sveinn, their brother. He died in Jútland. He meant to

§C travel to England. May God and God's mother help his spirit and soul better than he deserved.