Runic inscription
U 971
- Period
- Viking Age
- Location
- Eke
Inscription
§P᛫ᚴᚢᚾᛒᛁᚢᚱ᛫ᛚᛁᛏ᛫ᚱᛁᛋᛅ᛫ᛋᛏᛁᚾ᛫ᛁᚠᛏᛁᛦ᛫ᚠᛅᚦᚢᚱ᛫-...᛫...᛫ᛘᛁᛏᛁ᛫ᚴᚢᚦ᛫ᚼᚢᛚᛒᛁᚾ᛫ᚼᛁᚾᛋ᛫ᚴᚱᛁᚾ...᛫...ᛅᚱᚦᛁ᛫ᚢᚦᚱᚴᛁ
§Q᛫-ᚢᚾᛒᛁᚢᚱ᛫ᛚᛁᛏ᛫ᚱᛁᛋᛅ᛫ᛋᛏᛁᚾ᛫ᛁᚠᛏᛁᛦ᛫ᚠᛅᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋ...᛫...ᚦ᛫ᛘᛁᛏᛁ᛫ᚴᚢᚦ᛫ᚼᚢᛚᛒᛁᚾ᛫ᚼᛁᚾᛋ᛫ᚴᚱᛁᚾ᛫...᛫...ᛅᚱᚦᛁ᛫ᚢᚦᚢᚱᚴᛁ
This is a normalized form and may not represent the exact runic forms in the inscription.
Old Norse
§P Gunnbjôrn lét reisa stein eptir fôður sinn ... Mildi(?) Guð hjalpi <hins> ... ... <uþrki>.
§Q Gunnbjôrn(?)/Unnbjôrn(?)/Gunn-Bjúr(?)/Unn-Bjúr(?) lét reisa stein eptir fôður sinn ... Mæti Guð hjalpi. Heins(?) Grein(?), hann(?) gerði óðyrki(?).
English
§P Gunnbjôrn had the stone raised in memory of his father ... May gentle(?) God help ... ...
§Q Gunnbjôrn(?)/Unnbjôrn(?)/Gunn-Bjúr(?)/Unn-Bjúr(?) had the stone raised in memory of his father ... May excellent God help. Hein’s(?) Grein(?), he(?) made the ford construction.
Data from the Scandinavian Runic-text Database:nordiska.uu.se/forskn/samnord.htm

