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Runic inscription

U 439

Period
Viking Age
Location
Steninge

Inscription

ᚼᛅᚱᛚᛅᛁᚠ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᚦᚢᚱᚴᛅᚱᚦᚱ᛫ᛚᛁᛏᚢ᛫ᚱᛅᛁᛋᛅ᛫ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ᛫ᚦᛁᚾᛅ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᛋᛅᛒᛁ᛫ᚠᛅᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᛁᛋᛏᚢᚱᚦᛁ᛫ᛅᚢᛋᛏᚱ᛫ᛋᚴᛁᛒᛁ᛫ᛘᛅᚦ᛫ᛁᚴᚢᛅᚱᛁ᛫ᛅ/ᛅᛋᚴᛅᛚᛅᛏ-/ᛋᚴᛅᛚᛅᛏ-

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Old Norse

Herleif ok Þorgerðr/Þorgarðr létu reisa stein þenna at Sæbjôrn, fôður sinn. Er stýrði austr skipi með Ingvari á Eistaland(?)/Serklandi(?).

English

Herleif and Þorgerðr/Þorgarðr had this stone raised in memory of Sæbjôrn, their father, who steered a ship east with Ingvarr to Estonia(?)/Serkland(?).

Images

Ingvarstenen U 439 (drawing by Johannes Bureus)

Ingvarstenen U 439 (drawing by Johannes Bureus)Johannes Bureus (1568-1652); http://www.hembygdmarsta.se/runstenar_show.asp?sid=8

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