title: Södermanland Runic Inscription 47
text: # Södermanland Runic Inscription 47
  
  The Södermanland Runic Inscription 47 is a Viking Age runestone engraved in Old Norse with the Younger Futhark runic alphabet. It is located in Vålsta in Nyköping Municipality. The inscription consists of both long branch runes and cipher runes ("branch" and "ice" types).
  
  ## Inscription
  
  Transliteration of the runes into Latin characters
  
      ...(ʀ)-kʀ : kiarþi : kuml : þat:si : eftiʀ : osmunt : sun : sin + han : is : krafin : o · ku... <rauʀ> : <uart/fart> : at : ryʀ:iks : sun
  
  Old Norse transcription:
  
      [Hrø]ʀ[i]kʀ giærði kumbl þatsi æftiʀ Asmund, sun sinn. Hann es grafinn a Gu[tlandi]/ku[mbli] rauʀ <uart>/<fart> at Hrøʀiks sun.
  
  English translation:
  
      "Hrœríkr made this monument in memory of Ásmundr, his son. He is buried in Gotland/ the monument(?) ... cairn(?) in memory of Hrœríkr's son. "
  