The Södermanland Runic Inscription 47 is a Viking Age runestone engraved in Old Norse with the Younger Futhark runic alphabet. It is located in Vålsta in Nyköping Municipality.[1] The inscription consists of both long branch runes and cipher runes ("branch" and "ice" types).[1]

Inscription

Transliteration of the runes into Latin characters

...(ʀ)-kʀ : kiarþi : kuml : þat:si : eftiʀ : osmunt : sun : sin + han : is : krafin : o · ku... <rauʀ> : <uart/fart> : at : ryʀ:iks : sun[1]

Old Norse transcription:

[Hrø]ʀ[i]kʀ giærði kumbl þatsi æftiʀ Asmund, sun sinn. Hann es grafinn a Gu[tlandi]/ku[mbli] rauʀ <uart>/<fart> at Hrøʀiks sun.[1]

English translation:

"Hrœríkr made this monument in memory of Ásmundr, his son. He is buried in Gotland/ the monument(?) ... cairn(?) in memory of Hrœríkr's son. "[1]

References

58°50′39″N 16°45′03″E / 58.84408°N 16.75092°E / 58.84408; 16.75092

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