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Runic inscription

U 545

Period
Viking Age
Location
Husby-Lyhundra kyrka (nu: Husby-Sjuhundra)

Inscription

§P᛫ᚴᚢᚾᛁᛚᚱ᛫ᛚᛁᛏ᛫ᚱᛁᛏᛅ᛫ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾᛅ᛫ᛂᚠ...᛫...ᚱ-᛫ᛒᚢᛅᚾᛅ᛫ᛋ-ᚾ᛫ᚬᚴ᛫ᛋᛁᚱᛁᚦ᛫ᚠᛅ-ᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ

§Q᛫ᚴᚢᚾᛁᛚᚱ᛫ᛚᛁᛏ᛫ᚱᛁᛏᛅ᛫ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾᛅ᛫ᛂᚠ...᛫...ᚱ-᛫ᛒᚢᛅᚾᛅ᛫ᛋ-ᚾ᛫ᚬᚴ᛫ᛋᛁᚱᛁᚦ᛫᛫ᚠᛅ-ᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ

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

Old Norse

§P Gunnhildr lét rétta steina eptir ... bónda sinn, ok Sigrøð, fôður sinn.

§Q Gunnhildr lét rétta steina eptir ... bónda sinn, ok Sigríðr at fôður sinn.

English

§P Gunnhildr had the stones erected in memory of ... her husbandman and Sigrøðr, her father.

§Q Gunnhildr had the stones erected in memory of ... her husbandman and Sigríðr in memory of her father.

Object

Object type
runsten
Material category
sten
Material
sandsten

Location

Parish
Husby-Lyhundra sn (nu Husby-Sjuhundra)
District
Lyhundra hd
Municipality
Norrtälje
Placement
I tornkammaren.

Sources

Reading basis
The reading or interpretation was supplemented from a later source
Carver
Öpir 1 (A), "knappast troligt att Öpir själv utfört U 545" (Wessén SRI) [ej Öpir, Åhlén 1997]
Style group
Pr4
Reference
Fv 1979:242, http://fornvannen.se/pdf/1970talet/1979_228.pdf; §Q: Salberger 1978:144ff
Notes
3 fragment funna 1978.

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