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Runic inscription

Vs 18

Period
Viking Age
Location
Berga

Inscription

ᚴᚼᚢᚾᛅᛚᛏᚱ᛫ᛚᛁᛂᛏ᛫ᚱᛂᛋᛅ᛫ᛋᛏᚼᛁᚾ᛫ᚦᛁᚾᛋᛅ᛫ᛁᚠᛏᛁᚱ᛫ᚴᛂᚱᚠᛅᛋᛏ᛫ᛋᚢᚾ᛫ᛋᛂᚾ᛫ᛏᚱᛂᚴᚢᚦᛅᚾ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᚢᛅᛋ᛫ᚠᛅᚱᛁᚾ᛫ᛏᛁᛚ᛫ᛂᚴᛚᛅᚾᛋ᛫ᚼᛁᚬᛚᛒᛁ᛫ᚴᚢᚦ᛫ᛋᛅᛚᚢ᛫ᚼᛅᚾᛋ

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Old Norse

Gunnvaldr lét reisa stein þenna eptir Geirfast, son sinn, dreng góðan, ok var farinn til Englands. Hjalpi Guð sálu hans.

English

Gunnvaldr had this stone raised in memory of Geirfastr, his son, a good valiant man. And (he) had travelled to England. May God help his soul.

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