Runic inscription
Vg 40
- Period
- Viking Age
- Location
- Råda kyrka
Inscription
ᚦᚢᚱᚴᛁᛚ᛫ᛋᛅᛏᛁ᛫ᛋᛏᛁᚾ᛫ᚦᛅᛋᛁ᛫ᛁᛏᛁᛦ᛫ᚴᚢᚾᛅ᛫ᛋᚢᚾ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᛁᛦ᛫ᚢᛅᚱᚦ᛫ᛏᚢᚦᚱ᛫ᛁ᛫ᚢᚱᛁᛋᛏᚢ᛫ᛁᛦ᛫ᛒᚦᛁᚦᚢᛋ᛫ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚴᛅᛦ
This is a normalized form and may not represent the exact runic forms in the inscription.
Old Norse
Þorkell setti stein þenna eptir Gunna, son sinn. Er varð dauðr í orrostu, er barðust konungar.
English
Þorkell placed this stone in memory of Gunni, his son, who died in battle when kings fought each other.
Data from the Scandinavian Runic-text Database:nordiska.uu.se/forskn/samnord.htm
