Södermanland Runic Inscription 174

The Södermanland Runic Inscription 174 is a Viking Age runestone engraved in Old Norse with the Younger Futhark runic alphabet. It is located at Aspö Church in Strängnäs Municipality.[1] The style of the runestone is a categorized as Pr1.[1]

Sö 174

Inscription

Transliteration of the runes into Latin characters

[ub]lubʀ · lit · kira : kuml : likhus : auk : bru · at sun sin : biurn : uaʀ trebin : a : kut:lanti : þy : lit : fiur · sit : fluþu : kankiʀ : þaiʀ uiþ[ulkuʀ] : uiltu iki halta : guþ : hilbi : anta : hans[1]

Old Norse transcription:

Olafʀ(?)/Oblauðr(?)/Upplaupʀ(?) let gæra kumbl, likhus/liknhus ok bro at sun sinn Biorn, vaʀ dræpinn a Gutlandi. Þy let fior sitt, flyðu gængiʀ, þæiʀ ... vildu ækki halda. Guð hialpi anda hans.[1]

English translation:

"Ólafr(?)/Óblauðr(?)/Upphlaupr(?) had the monument and sarcophagus/hospice and bridge made in memory of his son Bjôrn, (who) was killed on Gotland. Because his followers fled, he lost his life; they ... would not hold. May God help his spirit."[1]

References
  1. Scandinavian Runic-text Database - Rundata.
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