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| Name | Kalleby Runestone |
| Rundata ID | Bo Krause1966;73B $U |
| Country | Sweden |
| Region | Bohuslän |
| City/Village | Kalleby |
| Produced | 5th Century |
| Runemaster | Unknown |
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Text - Native |
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| 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. | |
| Other resources | |
| Runestones - Runic alphabet Runology - Runestone styles |
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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 2.1 metres (6.9 ft) tall and 1.6 metres (5.2 ft) wide, and it was formerly part of a bridge.