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hard to read. At this time nothing could be made out, from the posi- 

 tion of the sun» '). 



Docent Sidenbladh (L c. p. 217) has completed the lirst word. 

 We may therefore apparently read: 



ASUTR^RITI STIN fiNA A(f)TI(r) HAKUN, FAÎ'UR (? sin). 



ÄNUND WROTE (mtie-inscrihvd) STONE THIS AFTER HAKUN, 

 FATHER (sill = his). 



But Sidenbladh says that the close is uncertain, and that Lilje- 

 geen's reading cannot be correct. It is a pity he did not enter into 

 further detail, for Liljegren's text is that of the Celsii, otherwise gen- 

 erally trustworthy. At all events he should have told us whether his 

 word »close» was meant to include the name of the deceast, HAKUN. 



NORDBY, MEDELPAD. 



I) »Tuna, vid Mâlsta by, d. 7 Aug. 1851. Stenen stor och hög, af mycket 

 hvitaktig (qvartsblandad) gråsten, ytan ojemn och smågropig, och inskriften således 

 svårläst, samt kunde nu alls icke läsas i anseende till solens stànd)X 



