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Runic inscription

U 455

Period
Viking Age
Location
Näsby

Inscription

ᛁᚾᚴᛁᚠᛅᛋᛏᚱ᛫ᛚᛁᛏ᛫ᚱᛅᛁᛋᛅ᛫ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ᛫ᚦᛁᚾᛅ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᚦᚬᚱᚴᛁᛚ᛫ᚠᛅᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᚴᚢᚾᛁᛚᛏᛁ᛫ᛘᚬᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾᛅ᛫ᚦᛅᚢ᛫ᛏᚱᚢᚴᚾᛅᚦᚢ᛫ᛒᛅᚦᛁ

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Old Norse

Ingifastr lét reisa stein þenna at Þorkel, fôður sinn, ok at Gunnhildi, móður sína. Þau druknuðu bæði.

English

Ingifastr had this stone raised in memory of Þorkell, his father, and in memory of Gunnhildr, his mother. They both drowned.

Images

U455 Näsby Odensala

U455 Näsby OdensalaErik Brate; https://www.flickr.com/photos/34419668@N08/3873679531/ Uploaded by Pieter Kuiper This image, originally posted to Flickr , was reviewed on September 14, 2009 by the administrator or reviewer File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske) , who confirmed that it was available on Flickr under the stated license on that date.

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