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Runic inscription

U 698

Period
Viking Age
Location
Veckholms kyrka

Inscription

§P᛫ᛋᚢᚠᛅᚱ᛫ᛚᛁᛏ᛫ᛅᚱᛁᛋᛏᚾ᛫ᚦᛁᚾ᛫ᛅᚠᛁᚱ᛫ᛅᛋᚴᛁᚱ᛫ᛋᚢᚾ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᚼᛅᚾ᛫ᚢᛏ᛫ᚠᛅᛁ᛫ᛅ᛫ᛚᛁᚠᛚᛅᛁᚾᚦᛁ᛫ᚠᚱᛅᛁ...

§Q᛫ᛋᚢᚠᛅᚱ᛫ᛚᛁᛏ᛫ᛅᚱᛁᛋᛏᚾ᛫ᚦᛁᚾ᛫ᛅᚠᛁᚱ᛫ᛅᛋᚴᛁᚱ᛫ᛋᚢᚾ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᚼᛅᚾ᛫ᚢᛏ᛫ᚠᛅᛁ᛫ᛅ᛫ᛚᛁᚠᛚᛅᛁᚾᚦᛁ᛫ᚠᚱᛅᛁ...

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Old Norse

§P <sufar> lét reisa stein eptir Ásgeir, son sinn. Hann úti fell á Líflandi í liði Freygeirs(?).

§Q <sufar> lét reisa stein eptir Ásgeir, son sinn. Hann út fell á Lífland í liði Freygeirs(?).

English

<sufar> had the stone raised in memory of Ásgeirr, his son. He fell in Lífland, abroad in Freygeirr's(?) retinue.

Images

U 698, Veckholm

U 698, Veckholm —Johan Hadorph; Wessen, Elias; Sven B.F. Jansson (1949-1951). Sveriges runinskrifter: VIII. Upplands runinskrifter del 3. Stockholm: Kungl. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien. ISSN 0562-8016. p. 218

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