- Kalleby Runestone
Runefacts|name=Kalleby Runestone
rundataid=Bo Krause1966;73B $Ucountry=
Sweden
region=Bohuslän
city=Kalleby
produced=5th Century
artist= 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.
picture=The Kalleby Runestone is an enigmatic
Iron Age runestone inscribed inProto-Norse with theElder 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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* [http://www.kms.raa.se/cocoon/fmis-public/visa?objektid=10160605760001 The runestone on the site of the Swedish National Heritage Board.]
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