Varangian Biker

Stäringe, Södermanland, Sweden

At the western corner of Stäringe manor house, Sö 320 stands in the park near the entrance bridge.

It’s accompanied by a much smaller runestone which is not one of the Ingvar stones.

Inscription

ᚴᛅᛁᛦᚢᛅᛏᚱ ᛬ ᛅᚢᚴ ᛬ ᛅᚾᚢᛏᚱ ᛬ ᛅᚢᚴ ᛬ ᚢᛏᛅᛘᚱ ᛬ ᚱᛁᛏᛅ ᛬ ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ ᛬ ᛅᛏ ᛬ ᛒᚱᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ ᛫ ᛒᚱᚢᚦᚢᚱ ᛬ ᛋᛁᚾ ᛬ ᛋᛅᛦ ᚢᛅᛦ ᛬ ᛅᚢᛋᛏᚱ ᛫ ᛘᛁᚦ ᛁᚴᚢᛅᚱᛁ ᛬ ᛏᚱᛁᚴ ᛬ ᛋᚾᛁᛅᛚᛅᚾ ᛬ ᛋᚢᚾ ᛬ ᛚᛁᚠᛅᛅᛦ

Latin transliteration

: kaiʀuatr : auk : anutr : auk : utamr : rita : stain : at : byrst(a)in · bruþur : sin : saʀ uaʀ : austr · miþ ikuari : trik : snialan : sun : lifayaʀ ×

Old norse transcription

Geirhvatr ok Ǫnundr ok Ótamr [létu] rétta stein at Bjórstein, bróður sinn, sá var austr með Ingvari, dreng snjallan, son Lífeyjar.

Translation

“Gervat and Anund and Otam had the stone erected in memory of Byrsten, their brother. He was in the east with Ingvar, an able valiant man, the son of Livö.”

Location

Photos

References

• Scandinavian Runic-text Database latest, “Runic inscription Sö 320 ”, Department of Scandinavian Languages, Uppsala University.