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Rune-stone Sparlösastenen, Vg119, L1961:5231 in Sparlösa parish, Vara municipality

Rune-stone Sparlösastenen, Vg119, L1961:5231 in Sparlösa parish, Vara municipality
Photo: Melgert Rink

Runic inscription

§A a¤iuls kaf ÷ airikis sunR kaf alrik- - §B ---t---la kaf rau- at kialt(i) · ...a sa- faþiR ubsal faþiR suaþ a-a-u--ba ...-omas notu auk takaR ÷ aslriku lu--R ukþ-t a(i)u(i)sl §C ...s---n(u)(R)-a-- þat sikmar aiti makuR airikis makin(i)aru þuno · aft aiuis uk raþ runoR þaR raki-ukutu iu þar suaþ aliriku lu(b)u faþi ' §D ui(u)-am ...--ukrþsar(s)k(s)nuibin- ---kunR(u)k(l)ius-- ...iu §E : kisli : karþi : iftiR : kunar : bruþur [:] kubl : þisi

Inscription

§A a¤iuls kaf ÷ airikis sunR kaf alrik- - §B ---t---la kaf rau- at kialt(i) · ...a sa- faþiR ubsal faþiR suaþ a-a-u--ba ...-omas notu auk takaR ÷ aslriku lu--R ukþ-t a(i)u(i)sl §C ...s---n(u)(R)-a-- þat sikmar aiti makuR airikis makin(i)aru þuno · aft aiuis uk raþ runoR þaR raki-ukutu iu þar suaþ aliriku lu(b)u faþi ' §D ui(u)-am ...--ukrþsar(s)k(s)nuibin- ---kunR(u)k(l)ius-- ...iu §E : kisli : karþi : iftiR : kunar : bruþur [:] kubl : þisi

Translation

§A Eivísl, Eiríkr's son gave, Alríkr gave ... §B ... gave ... as payment. Then(?) the father sat(?) (in) Uppsala(?), the father that ... nights and days. Alríkr <lu--r> feared(?) not Eivísl. §C ... that Eiríkr's boy is called Sigmarr/celebrated-for-victories. Mighty battle(?) ... in memory of Eivísl. And interpret the runes of divine origin there ..., that Alríkr <lubu> coloured. §D ... §E Gísli made these monuments in memory of Gunnarr, (his) brother.

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Rune-stone Sparlösastenen, Vg119, L1961:5231 in Sparlösa parish, Vara municipality

Facts

Monument number L1961:5231
Swedish National Heritage Board ID Sparlösa 13:1
Status Confirmed on location
Place Visible above ground
Material Gneiss
Antiquarian assessment Ancient monument
Damage status Damage
County Västra Götaland
Municipality Vara
Parish Sparlösa
Coordinates 58.3470295, 12.8386975
Sources
Most of the factual information in Runkartan comes from the Swedish National Heritage Board’s Fornsök data and from the Scandinavian Runic Text Database. The maps come from OpenStreetMap and Leaflet.js. The photographs were taken by the credited photographers.