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Runic inscription

U 796

Period
Viking Age
Location
Sparrsätra kyrka

Inscription

ᛋᛂ-ᚱᛁᛘᚱ᛫ᛚᛁᛏ᛫ᛅᚴᚢ...᛫...-ᛏ᛫ᛋᚢᚾ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᛅᚠᛅᛋᛏ᛫ᛚᛁᚠᛋᛏᛂᚾ᛫ᛁᚢᚴ᛫ᚱᚢᚾᛁ᛫ᚦᛋᛅ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᚴᚢᚦᚬᚾ᛫ᛏᚱᛂᚴ

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

Old Norse

Sægrímr lét hôggva at son sinn Áfast. Hlífsteinn hjó rúnar þessar at góðan dreng.

English

Sægrímr had (this) cut in memory of his son Áfastr. Hlífsteinn cut these runes in memory of the good valiant man.

Object

Object type
fragment av runsten
Material category
sten
Material
granit

Location

Parish
Sparrsätra sn
District
Åsunda hd
Municipality
Enköping
Placement
En mindre del finns inmurad inne i kyrkan i södra väggen, den större delen i Skolparken i Enköping.

Sources

Reading basis
The reading or interpretation was supplemented from a later source
Carver
Livsten (S)
Style group
Pr4
Other identifiers
U 760
Reference
Fv 1995 s. 45-47, http://fornvannen.se/pdf/1990talet/1995_045.pdf; plansch 86 (U 760)
Notes
U 760 förd hit.

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