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Runic inscription

Vs 9

Period
Viking Age
Location
Saltängsbron

Inscription

ᚴᛁᛋᛚ᛫ᛚᛁᛏ᛫ᚴᛂᚱᛅ᛫ᛒᚢᚱᚢ᛫ᛂᚠᛏᛦ᛫ᚬᛋᛚ᛫ᛋᚢᚾ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᚼᛅᚾ᛫ᚢᛅᚱᚦ᛫ᛏᚤᚦᚱ᛫ᛅ᛫ᛂᚴᛚᛅᛏᛁ᛫ᚴᚢᚦ᛫ᛁᛅᛚᛒᛁ᛫ᚼᛅᛋ᛫ᚬᚾᛏ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᛋᛂᛚᚢ

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Old Norse

Gísl lét gera brú eptir Ásl/Ôsl, son sinn. Hann varð dauðr á Englandi. Guð hjalpi hans ônd ok sálu.

English

Gísl had the bridge made in memory of Ásl/Ôsl, his son. He died in England. May God help his spirit and soul.

Object

Object type
runsten
Material category
sten
Material
granit

Location

Parish
Västerås (f.d. Lundby sn)
Municipality
Västerås

Sources

Reading basis
The reading or interpretation was supplemented from a later source
Style group
Pr3
Other identifiers
B 1082; L 1016
Reference
Williams 1994
Notes
Parsten till Vs 10.

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