Runic inscription
U 769
- Period
- Viking Age
- Location
- Testeby
Inscription
ᛋᚴᛅᚱᚦᛁ᛫ᚱᛅᛁᛋᛏᛁ᛫ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ᛫ᚦᛁᚾᛅ᛫ᛅᚠᛏᛁᚱ᛫ᚢᛏᚱᚤᚴ᛫ᛋᚢᚾ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᚴᚢᚦ᛫ᚼᛁᛅᛚᛒᛁ᛫ᛅᚾᛏ᛫ᚼᛅᚾᛋ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᚼᛅᚱᛅᛚᛋ
This is a normalized form and may not represent the exact runic forms in the inscription.
Old Norse
Skarði reisti stein þenna eptir Ótrygg, son sinn. Guð hjalpi ônd hans ok Haralds.
English
Skarði raised this stone in memory of Ótryggr, his son. May God help his spirit and Haraldr's.
Images
Upplands runinskrifter 769 —Johan Leitz och Johan Hadorph; https://www.raa.se/runinskrifter/sri_uppland_b08_text_5.pdf
Data from the Scandinavian Runic-text Database:nordiska.uu.se/forskn/samnord.htm
