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Runic inscription

U 998

Period
Viking Age
Location
Skällerö (Marielund)

Inscription

ᚦᚢᚱᛋᛏᛁᚾ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᚱᚬᚾᛏᛁ᛫ᛚᛁᛏᚢ᛫ᚱᛅᛁᛋᛅ᛫ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ᛫ᚦᛁᚾᚬ᛫ᛅᛒᛏᛁᛦ᛫ᛋ-ᛅᚱ-ᚼᛅᚢᚠᚦᛅ᛫ᛒᚱᚢᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᚴᚢᚦ᛫ᚼᛁᛅᛚᛒᛁ᛫ᚼᚬᚾᛋᛅᛚᚢᚴᚢᚦᛋ᛫ᛘᚢᚦᛁᛦ᛫ᚬᛋᛘᚢᚾᚱᛏ᛫ᛘᛅᚱᚴᛅᚦᛁ

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Old Norse

Þorsteinn ok Randvé létu reisa stein þenna eptir Svarthôfða, bróður sinn. Guð hjalpi hans sálu ok Guðs móðir. Ásmundr markaði.

English

Þorsteinn and Randvé had this stone raised in memory of Svarthôfði, their brother. May God and God's mother help his soul. Ásmundr marked.

Object

Object type
runsten
Material category
sten
Material
ljus grovkornig granit

Location

Parish
Funbo sn
District
Rasbo hd
Municipality
Uppsala
Placement
I Marielunds park.

Sources

Reading basis
The reading or interpretation was supplemented from a later source
Carver
Åsmund (S)
Style group
Pr2
Other identifiers
B 545; L 308, L 311
Reference
Williams 1990:60

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