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Kalleby Runestone

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Rundata ID
  
Bo Krause1966;73B $U

City/Village
  
Kalleby

Runemaster
  
Unknown

Country
  
Sweden

Produced
  
5th Century

Region
  
Bohuslän

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The Kalleby Runestone is an enigmatic Iron Age runestone inscribed in Proto-Norse with the Elder Futhark:

  • þrawijan * haitinaz was

    • This short text has been the subject of several interpretations where þrawijan, which means "yearning", is interpreted as either a name or an epithet. The words haitinaz was mean "was named", and so the text is open to various interpretations, such as:

  • Yearning was imposed (on him).
  • Þrawija's (monument).
  • (I/he) was commanded/called.
  • (I/He) was promised to þrawija.

    • The stone is 2.1 metres (6.9 ft) tall and 1.6 metres (5.2 ft) wide, and it was formerly part of a bridge.

    References

    Kalleby Runestone Wikipedia
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