Runic inscription
U 698
- Period
- Viking Age
- Location
- Veckholms kyrka
Inscription
§P᛫ᛋᚢᚠᛅᚱ᛫ᛚᛁᛏ᛫ᛅᚱᛁᛋᛏᚾ᛫ᚦᛁᚾ᛫ᛅᚠᛁᚱ᛫ᛅᛋᚴᛁᚱ᛫ᛋᚢᚾ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᚼᛅᚾ᛫ᚢᛏ᛫ᚠᛅᛁ᛫ᛅ᛫ᛚᛁᚠᛚᛅᛁᚾᚦᛁ᛫ᚠᚱᛅᛁ...
§Q᛫ᛋᚢᚠᛅᚱ᛫ᛚᛁᛏ᛫ᛅᚱᛁᛋᛏᚾ᛫ᚦᛁᚾ᛫ᛅᚠᛁᚱ᛫ᛅᛋᚴᛁᚱ᛫ᛋᚢᚾ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᚼᛅᚾ᛫ᚢᛏ᛫ᚠᛅᛁ᛫ᛅ᛫ᛚᛁᚠᛚᛅᛁᚾᚦᛁ᛫ᚠᚱᛅᛁ...
This is a normalized form and may not represent the exact runic forms in the inscription.
Old Norse
§P <sufar> lét reisa stein eptir Ásgeir, son sinn. Hann úti fell á Líflandi í liði Freygeirs(?).
§Q <sufar> lét reisa stein eptir Ásgeir, son sinn. Hann út fell á Lífland í liði Freygeirs(?).
English
<sufar> had the stone raised in memory of Ásgeirr, his son. He fell in Lífland, abroad in Freygeirr's(?) retinue.
Data from the Scandinavian Runic-text Database:nordiska.uu.se/forskn/samnord.htm

