32 O. 8äve and g. Stephens, 



OF VANSJÖ, GESTRIKLAND. 



This is No. 1057 in Liljegren, who had uo other authority than 

 No. 1094 in Bautil. Nor has the stone been publisht since, so far as 

 I know. We must therefore be thankful for what Prof. vSâve (Note-book 

 p. 22) has given us, under date 10 Sept. 1851. It is only a pencil note 

 of the runes, no drawing or reading or translation or comparison with 

 Bautil. His runes are: 



:»it . . . |(?)« + sf^*l I'Rx+^+Si'f^M t<'Mki rnsi ih-ii i it ;•; 



SÎ K'<S'^|(3^ '■+f'' •• • • 1 Sit5 rr\n I- 



This is at all events better than the woodcut in Gôransson's Bautil. 



Supposing STR to have been a superlative and LSIP a 



place-name, I would propose: 



ELH(ulfR), OSUHLFR OK OSMUNTR flR^RlTU STIN EFT1(R , 



fal)ur sin. Han var kuniga)STR SMIÎ'A, OK (sik ulan ) LSif» KÜFTI. 



ELHVLF, OSFLHF EKE (avd) OSMVNT THEY WEOTE (nmc-cancd) 



STONE-this AFTER ( father sin (their). He teas ennnmy)EST (most 



skilled) of-SMITHS (handieraftsnun, artists), EKE (to-himself aU LSITH 



CHE AFT (bom/Id). 



Hermelin's map of Gestrikland has a place called HALSBQ- 



There may have been a HALS-Hl!>, or some other spot ending in 



LS-lt>. 



We have many instances on runic stones of the deceast having 

 owned or purchast landed property, well-known villages or estates. 



