Kalleby Runestone

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

  • þrawijan * haitinaz was
Kalleby Runestone
Created5th Century
DiscoveredKalleby, Bohuslän, Sweden
Rundata IDBo Krause1966;73B $U
RunemasterUnknown
Text – Native
Proto-Norse : Þrawijan haitinaz was.
Translation
Yearning was imposed (on him). / Þrawija's (monument). (I/he) was commanded/called. / (I/He) was promised to þrawija.

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 part of a bridge.

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