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Runic inscription

U 540

Period
Viking Age 1030-t
Location
Husby-Lyhundra kyrka (nu: Husby-Sjuhundra)

Inscription

ᛅᛁᚱᛁᚴᚱ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᚼᚬᚴᚢᚾ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᛁᚾᚴᚢᛅᚱ᛫ᛅᚢᚴᚴ᛫ᚱᛅᚼᚾᛁᛚᛏᚱ᛫ᚦᚬᚢ/ᚦᚬᚢᚼ᛫ᚼ--.../--...᛫...᛫...-ᛦ᛫-ᚾᛅ᛫ᚼᚬᚾ᛫ᚢᛅᚱᚦ᛫ᛏᛅᚢᚦᚱ᛫ᛅ᛫ᚴᚱᛁᚴᛚᛅᛏᛁ᛫ᚴᚢᚦ᛫ᚼᛁᛅᛚᛒᛁ᛫ᚼᚬᚾᛋᛅᛚᚢᚴᚢᚦᛋ᛫ᛘᚢᚦᛁᛦ

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Old Norse

Eiríkr ok Hákon ok Ingvarr ok Ragnhildr þau ... ... ... ... Hann varð dauðr á Grikklandi. Guð hjalpi hans sálu ok Guðs móðir.

English

Eiríkr and Hákon and Ingvarr and Ragnhildr, they ... ... ... ... He died in Greece. May God and God's mother help his soul.

Object

Object type
fragment av runsten
Material category
sten
Material
röd sandsten

Location

Parish
Husby-Lyhundra sn (nu Husby-Sjuhundra)
District
Lyhundra hd
Municipality
Norrtälje

Sources

Carver
Åsmund (A); Torbjörn skald (A); Torfast (A)
Style group
Pr4
Other identifiers
B 248; L 605
Reference
SRI 7 s. 526
Notes
Samma brödrakrets som nämns på U 513.

Images

U540 Husby-Sjuhundra kyrka runestone

U540 Husby-Sjuhundra kyrka runestone —Håkan Svensson Xauxa; Own work

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