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Runic inscription

U 972

Period
Viking Age
Location
Gnista (Fyrislund)

Inscription

ᛁᚾᚴᛁᚢᛅᚱ᛫ᚢᛅᚦ᛫ᛏᚱᚬᚠᛅᛋᛏ᛫ᚢᚴ᛫ᚢᛋᚱᛁᚴ᛫ᛚᛁᛏᚢ᛫ᚱᛁᛏᛅ᛫ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᛏᚱᚴ-ᚴ-ᛅ᛫ᚴᚢᚦᛅᚾ᛫ᛋᛏᚢᚱᛒᛁᚢᚱᚾ

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Old Norse

Ingvarr(?) ok Trúfastr(?) ok Húsríkr(?)/Ósríkr(?) létu rétta stein at dreng(?) góðan, Styrbjôrn(?).

English

Ingvarr(?) and Trúfastr(?) and Húsríkr(?)/Ósríkr(?) had the stone erected in memory of a good valiant man(?), Styrbjôrn(?).

Object

Object type
runsten
Material category
sten

Location

Parish
Vaksala sn
District
Vaksala hd
Municipality
Uppsala

Sources

Inscription status
Lost; it is not known to survive
Reading basis
The reading or interpretation was supplemented from a later source
Other identifiers
B 390; L 203
Reference
Williams 1996b

Images

U 972 Gnista-runsten

U 972 Gnista-runsten —J. Peringskiöld; UPPLANDS RUNINSKRIFTER GRANSKADE OCH TOLKADE / AV ELIAS WESSÉN OCH SVEN B. F. JANSSON / FJÄRDE DELEN / FÖRSTA HÄFTET / UPPSALA STAD, VAKSALA HÄRAD, RASBO HÄRAD, NORUNDA HÄRAD / UPPSALA 1953 ALMQVIST &WIKSELLS BOKTRYCKERI A Bhttp://www.raa.se/runinskrifter/sri_uppland_b09_h01_text_2.pdf

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