Södermanland Runic Inscription 47
# Södermanland Runic Inscription 47

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. The inscription consists of both long branch runes and cipher runes ("branch" and "ice" types).

## 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

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.

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. "
