Runic inscription

..-in : God helps ...

…-in : kuþ hialbi …

The runes have an unusual shape where the bistaves (those that determine the sound) sit very far down on the main staff. The bistaves on the rune L sit so far down that it almost forms the sound for N.

The B rune is also unusual, although that variant occurs from time to time, even here in Ekerö municipality on runestone U 34... but it is still not the same runecarver.  
 

The left picture is facing right for reading, the right as it sits on the wall.

But the runestone in the wall does not have to be upside down because we do not know where on the runestone these words are. What we do know is that the words "god help ..." usually come at the end of a runic inscription.
 

The runestone fragment embedded in the stone wall.

History

When the old barn in Nibbla burned down in 1984, this fragment was found in the barn's foundation. Today, an artist's studio stands on the same site and the fragment of the runestone was inserted into the wall next to it.

But somewhere in the area, the other fragments remain, so keep your eyes open!

Links

Fornvännen > Page 220
(Only Swedish)

Runor >  Riksantikvarieämbetet
(Mostly Swedish)

Google map > Find the runestone
 

ALL RUNESTONES

Ekerö municipality

ADELSÖ >
has 5 known runestones

BIRKA >
has fragments from 9 known runestones

MUNSÖ >
has 3 or 4 known runestones

EKERÖ >
has 11 known runestones

FÄRINGSÖ >
has 27 known runestones

LOVÖ >
has 8 known runestones