Kalleby Runestone

The Kalleby Runestone is an enigmatic Iron Age runestone inscribed in Proto-Norse with the Elder Futhark:

• þrawijan * haitinaz was

Kalleby Runestone
Created	5th Century
Discovered	Kalleby, Bohuslän, Sweden
Rundata ID	Bo Krause1966;73B $U
Runemaster	Unknown
Text – Native
Proto-Norse : Þrawijan haitinaz was.
Translation
Yearning was imposed (on him). / Þrawija's (monument). (I/he) was commanded/called. / (I/He) was promised to þrawija.

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.

See also

• List of runestones

Sources

• Rundata
• The runestone on the site of the Swedish National Heritage Board.