Näsby Runestone
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The Näsby Runestone or U 455 is a memorial to a family tragedy. It is raised by a man in remembrance of his parents who both drowned.
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[edit] Transliteration of the runes into Latin characters
× inkifastr + lit × raisa × stain × þina at þorkil + faþur sin (a)uk at kunilti moþur sina þa(u) truknaþu × baþi
[edit] Transcription into Old Norse
Ingifastr let ræisa stæin þenna at Þorkel, faður sinn, ok at Gunnhildi, moður sina. Þau drunknaðu baði.
[edit] Translation in English
Ingifastr had this stone raised in memory of Þorkell, his father, and in memory of Gunnhildr, his mother. They both drowned.
