Kalleby Runestone
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| Name | Kalleby Runestone |
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| Rundata ID | Bo Krause1966;73B $U |
| Country | Sweden |
| Region | Bohuslän |
| City/Village | Kalleby |
| Produced | 5th Century |
| Runemaster | Unknown |
| Text - Native | |
| Proto-Norse : Þrawijan haitinaz was. | |
| Text - English | |
| Yearning was imposed (on him). / Þrawija's (monument). (I/he) was commanded/called. / (I/He) was promised to þrawija. | |
| Other resources | |
| Runestones - Runic alphabet - Runology - Runestone styles | |
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 tall and 1.6 metres wide, and it was formerly part of a bridge.
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