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Runic inscription

U 617

Period
Viking Age
Location
Bro kyrka

Inscription

ᚴᛁᚾᛚᚢᚴ᛫ᚼᚢᛚᛘᚴᛁᛋ᛫ᛏᚢᛏᛁᛦ᛫ᛋᚤᛋᛏᛁᛦ᛫ᛋᚢᚴᚱᚢᚦᛅᛦ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᚦᛅᛁᛦᛅ᛫ᚴᛅᚢᛋ᛫ᛅᚢᚾ᛫ᛚᛁᛏ᛫ᚴᛂᛅᚱᛅ᛫ᛒᚱᚢ᛫ᚦᛂᛋᛁ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᚱᛅᛁᛋᛅ᛫ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ᛫ᚦᛁᚾᛅ᛫ᛂᚠᛏᛁᛦ᛫ᛅᛋᚢᚱ᛫ᛒᚢᚾᛏᛅ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᛋᚢᚾ᛫ᚼᛅᚴᚢᚾᛅᛦ᛫ᛁᛅᚱᛚᛋ᛫ᛋᛅᛦ᛫ᚢᛅᛦ᛫ᚢᛁᚴᛁᚴᛅ᛫ᚢᛅᚢᚱᚦᚱ᛫ᛘᛁᚦ᛫ᚴᛅᛂᛏᛁ᛫ᚴᚢᚦ᛫ᛁᛅᛚᛒᛁ᛫ᛅᚾᛋ᛫ᚾᚢ᛫ᛅᚢᛏ᛫ᚢᚴ᛫ᛋᛅᛚᚢ

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Old Norse

Ginnlaug, Holmgeirs dóttir, systir Sigrøðar ok þeira Gauts/Gauss, hon lét gera brú þessa ok reisa stein þenna eptir Ôzur, bónda sinn, son Hákonar jarls. Sá var víkinga vôrðr með Geiti(?). Guð hjalpi hans nú ônd ok sálu.

English

Ginnlaug, Holmgeirr's daughter, Sigrøðr and Gautr's/Gauss' sister, she had this bridge made and this stone raised in memory of Ôzurr, her husbandman, earl Hákon's son. He was the viking watch with Geitir(?). May God now help his spirit and soul.

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