title: Västergötland Runic Inscription 81
text: # Västergötland Runic Inscription 81
  
  The Västergötland Runic Inscription 81 is a 12th century runestone engraved in Old Norse with the Younger Futhark runic alphabet. It is in the form of a grave slab and it was found in the old cemetery of Broddetorp in Falköping Municipality, but it is presently located in the Västergötland Museum in Skara.
  
  ## Inscription
  
  Transliteration of the runes into Latin characters
  
      ben(d)ikt · romfarari : let (g)era : hualf : þenna : ifir · ma(g)nus · (k)oþan dræ(g) · ------s... ¶ ok : d(o) : (h)(a)n om nat : firir · þeira : postla : messo(a)ftan : simonis : æð iute : in þat er · ret · hu... ...
  
  Old Norse transcription:
  
      Bendikt Romfarari let gæra hvalf þenna yfiʀ Magnus, goðan dræng ... Ok do hann um natt fyriʀ þæiʀa postla messuaftan Simonis et Juda. En þat eʀ rett hv[ærium] ...
  
  English translation:
  
      "Bendikt Rome-traveller had this vault made over Magnus, a good valiant man ... And he died in the night before the eve of the mass of the apostles Simonis et Juda. And that is right for everyone ... "
  