Runic inscription
U 79
- Period
- Viking Age
- Location
- Skesta
Inscription
§A᛫ᚴᚤ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᛋᚢᛅᛁᚾ᛫ᚦᛅᛁᛦ᛫ᚱᛅᛁᛏᚢ᛫ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᛒᛁᚱᛋᚢ᛫ᚠᛅᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᚴᚬᚦᛅᚾ
§B᛫ᛂᚱᚾᚠᛅᛋᛏᚱ᛫ᛁᚢᚴ᛫ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᛒᛂᚱᛋᚢ᛫ᛒᚬᛏᛒᛅ᛫ᚢᛁᚴᛂᚱᚦᛅᛦ᛫ᛋᚢᚾ᛫ᚦᚬᚱᚴᛂᚱᚦᛅᛦ᛫ᚵᚬᚦ
This is a normalized form and may not represent the exact runic forms in the inscription.
Old Norse
§A Gýi ok Sveinn þeir reistu stein at Bersu/Birsu, fôður sinn góðan.
§B Ernfastr hjó stein at Bersu/Birsu, bónda Végerðar, son Þorgerðar góðan.
English
§A Gýi and Sveinn, they raised the stone in memory of Bersa/Birsa, their good father.
§B Ernfastr cut the stone in memory of Bersa/Birsa, Végerðr's husbandman, the good son of Þorgerðr.
Data from the Scandinavian Runic-text Database:nordiska.uu.se/forskn/samnord.htm
