Runic inscription

U 707

Period: Viking Age
Location: Kungs-Husby kyrka

Inscription

ᚤᛋᚢᚱᚴᛦ᛫--...᛫ᛋᛏᛅᚾ᛫ᚦᛁᚾᛅ᛫ᚾᛏ᛫ᚴᛅᚢᛒᛘ...ᚾ᛫ᚠᛅᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛂᚾ᛫ᚴᚬᚦᛅᚾ᛫ᚼ...ᚾ᛫ᛒᚤᚴᛁ᛫ᚼᚢ...᛫ᛒᛅᛚᛁ᛫ᚱᛁᛋᛏᛁ᛫ᚱᚢ--ᚱ᛫ᚦᛁᛋ-ᚱ᛫ᚼᛁᛂᚱ᛫ᛘᛅᚾ᛫ᛋᛏᛅᚾᛏᛅ᛫ᛋᛏᛅᚾ᛫ᚾᛂᚱ᛫ᛒᚱ-...-ᚢ

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

Old Norse

Ósyrgr ... stein þenna at Kaupmann, fôður sinn góðan. Hann bjó í Húsabý(?) Balli risti rúnar þessar. Hér mun standa steinn nær brautu.

English

Ósyrgr ... this stone in memory of Kaupmaðr, his good father. He lived in Húsabýr(?) Balli carved these runes. Here will the stone stand near the path.

Object

Object type: runsten
Material category: sten
Material: granit

Location

Parish: Kungs-Husby sn
District: Trögds hd
Municipality: Enköping
Placement: Inmurad Ö om vapenhusingången. En del (U 710) i vapenhuset.

Sources

Reading basis: The reading or interpretation was supplemented from a later source
Carver: Balle (S)
Other identifiers: B 590; L 697; U 710
Reference: Fv 1966:29, http://fornvannen.se/pdf/1960talet/1966_021.pdf; Källström 2008a
Notes: Återfunnen 1965. U 710 är en del av U 707.

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