Kalleby Runestone
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| Kalleby Runestone | |
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| Created | 5th Century |
| Discovered | Kalleby, Bohuslän, Sweden |
| Rundata ID | Bo Krause1966;73B $U |
| Runemaster | Unknown |
| 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. | |
The Kalleby Runestone is an enigmatic Iron Age runestone discovered in Sweden.
It is 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". Thus the full 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.
