Kalleby_Runestone
Kalleby Runestone
Runestone
The Kalleby Runestone is an enigmatic Iron Age runestone 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", 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 (6.9 ft) tall and 1.6 metres (5.2 ft) wide, and it was part of a bridge.