Runic inscription
U 778
- Period
- Viking Age
- Location
- Svinnegarns kyrka
Inscription
ᚦᛁᛅᛚᚠᛁ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᚼᚢᛚᛘᚾᛚᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᛚᛁᛏᚢ᛫ᚱᛅᛁᛋᛅ᛫ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾᛅ᛫ᚦᛁᛋᛅ᛫ᛅᛚᛅ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᛒᛅᚴᛅ᛫ᛋᚢᚾ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᛁᛋ᛫ᛅᛏᛁ᛫ᛅᛁᚾ᛫ᛋᛁᚱ᛫ᛋᚴᛁᛒ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᛅᚢᛋᛏᚱ᛫ᛋᛏᚢᚱᚦᛁ᛫ᛁ᛫ᛁᚴᚢᛅᚱᛋ᛫ᛚᛁᚦ᛫ᚴᚢᚦ᛫ᚼᛁᛅᛚᛒᛁ᛫ᚬᛏ᛫ᛒᛅᚴᛅ᛫ᛅᛋᚴᛁᛚ᛫ᚱᛅᛁᛋᛏ
This is a normalized form and may not represent the exact runic forms in the inscription.
Old Norse
Þjalfi ok Holmlaug létu reisa steina þessa alla at Banka/Bagga, son sinn. Er átti einn sér skip ok austr stýrði í Ingvars lið. Guð hjalpi ônd Banka/Bagga. Áskell reist.
English
Þjalfi and Holmlaug had all of these stones raised in memory of Banki/Baggi, their son, who alone owned a ship and steered to the east in Ingvarr's retinue. May God help Banki's/Baggi's spirit. Áskell carved.
Data from the Scandinavian Runic-text Database:nordiska.uu.se/forskn/samnord.htm

