Viking age runic inscription on a runestone at Eneberga. Frösunda parish, Enköping, Uppland, Sweden,
Runestone at Eneberga. Frösunda parish Enköping, Uppland, Sweden. U 807 Inscription: ᚴᛁᛋᛚ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᚾᚴᛁᛘᚢᚾᛏᚱ᛫ᚴᚭᚦᛁᛦ᛫ᛏᚱᛂᚴᛅᛦ᛫ᚴᛂᚱᚢᛅ᛫ᛚᛁᛏᚢ᛫ᛘᛂᚱᚴᛁ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᚼᛅᛚᚠᛏᛅᚾ ᚠᛅᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᛅᚤᛏᛁᛋᛁ᛫ᛘᚭᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾᛅ᛫ᚴᚢᚦ᛫ᚼᛁᛂᛚᛒᛁ᛫ᛋᛅᛚ᛫ᚼᛂᚾᛅᛦ᛫ᚢᛂᛚ᛫ᚾᚢ "Gisl ok Ingimundr, goðiR drængiaR, gærva letu mærki at Halfdan, faður sinn, ok at Øydisi, moður sina. Guð hiælpi sal hennaR vel nu." Gisli and Ingemund, good young men, made the memorial to Halvdan, his father, and to Ödis, his mother. God help her well now The stone was carved by rune master Balle, who was active in the Enköping area, in Uppland during the second half of the 11th century A runestone is typically a raised stone with a runic inscription, but the term can also be applied to inscriptions on boulders and on bedrock. The tradition began in the 4th century and lasted into the 12th century, but most of the runestones date from the late Viking Age. Most runestones are located in Scandinavia, but there are also scattered runestones in locations that were visited by Norsemen during the Viking Age. Runestones are often memorials to dead men. Runestones were usually brightly coloured when erected, though this is no longer evident as the colour has worn off. Most runestones are found in present-day Sweden. The tradition of raising stones that had runic inscriptions first appeared in the 4th and 5th century, in Norway and Sweden, and these early runestones were usually placed next to graves.[2][3] The earliest Danish runestones appeared in the 8th and 9th centuries, and there are about 50 runestones from the Migration Period in Scandinavia.[4] Most runestones were erected during the period 950-1100 CE, and then they were mostly raised in Sweden, and to a lesser degree in Denmark and Norway.[2] The tradition is mentioned in both Ynglinga saga and Hávamál
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Location: Eneberga. Frösunda parish, Enköping, Uppland, Sweden
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