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Runic inscription

U 951

Period
Viking Age
Location
Säby

Inscription

§A᛫ᚴᛅᛁᚱᚴᛁᛦᛁᚦ-ᚱ᛫ᚬᚢᚴ᛫ᚴᛁᛦᛘᛅᚱ᛫ᛚᛁᛏᚢ᛫ᚼᛅᚴᚢᛅ

§B᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᚬᚢᚦᛘᚢᚾᛏ᛫ᚴᛁᛦᛁᛘᚱ᛫ᛋᚴᛅᛚᛏ᛫ᚼᛁᚢ

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

Old Norse

§A Geirfríðr(?) ok Geirmarr létu hôggva

§B at Auðmund. Grímr Skald hjó.

English

§A Geirfríðr(?) and Geirmarr had (this) cut

§B in memory of Auðmundr. Grímr Skald cut.

Images

U951 B

U951 B —Uwe Zimmermann; Self-photographed

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