Created: | 5th Century |
Discovered Place: | Kalleby, Bohuslän, Sweden |
Rune Id: | Bo Krause1966;73B $U |
Rune Master: | Unknown |
Rune Text Native: | Proto-Norse : Þrawijan haitinaz was. |
Rune Text English: | 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 inscribed in Proto-Norse with the Elder Futhark:
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:
The stone is 2.1m (06.9feet) tall and 1.6m (05.2feet) wide, and it was part of a bridge.