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Runic inscription

U 696

Period
Viking Age
Location
Veckholms kyrka

Inscription

...--᛫ᚱᛅ--ᛅ᛫ᛋᛏ-...᛫-ᛏ᛫ᛅ-ᚢᛁ᛫ᛚᛅᚢᛋᛅ᛫ᛋ--᛫--...--᛫ᛁᛚᛒᛁ᛫ᛋᛁᛅᛚ᛫ᚼᛅᚾᛋ

This is a normalized form and may not represent the exact runic forms in the inscription.

Old Norse

... reisa stein at Ôlvi(?), leysa(?) sinn ... hjalpi sál hans.

English

... the stone raised in memory of Ôlvir(?), his freedman(?) ... may help his soul.

Images

U 696, Veckholms kyrka

U 696, Veckholms kyrka —Jssfrk; Own work

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