Kalleby Runestone

Tanum Municipality, Sweden

The Kalleby Runestone is an enigmatic Iron Age runestone discovered in Sweden. It is 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". Thus the full 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.

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