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Runic inscription

Vs 17

Period
Viking Age
Location
Råby

Inscription

ᚼᚬᛚᛘᛋᛏᛂᚾ᛫ᛚᛂᛏ᛫ᚱᛂᛋᛅ᛫ᛘᛂᚱᚴᛁ᛫ᛂᚠᛏᛁᚱ᛫ᛏᛁᚠᚱᛁᛏ᛫ᚵᚬᚾᚢ᛫ᛋᛁᚾᛅ᛫ᚬᚴ᛫ᛁᚠᛏᛁᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚴ᛫ᛋᛂᛚᚠᛅᚾ

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Old Norse

Holmsteinn lét reisa merki eptir Tíðfríð, konu sína, ok eptir sik sjalfan.

English

Holmsteinn had the landmark raised in memory of Tíðfríðr, his wife, and in memory of himself.

Object

Object type
runsten
Material category
sten
Material
granit

Location

Parish
Tortuna sn
District
Yttertjurbo hd
Municipality
Västerås

Sources

Carver
Litle (A)
Style group
Pr5?
Other identifiers
B 1085; L 1000, L 1001
Notes
Bild av skepp.

Images

Vs17 Råby

Vs17 Råby —Unknown author Unknown author; https://www.flickr.com/photos/swedish_heritage_board/4203330526/ This image was originally posted to Flickr by Swedish National Heritage Board at https://www.flickr.com/photos/34419668@N08/4203330526 . It was reviewed on 22:15, 2 September 2010 (UTC) by FlickreviewR , who found it to be licensed under the terms of the No known copyright restrictions, which is compatible with the Commons. It is, however, not the same license as given above, and it is unknown whether that license ever was valid.

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