Rune stone (U 873)

Rune stone from Örsunda, Uppland (U 873).

According to the Samnordisk runtextdatabas the inscription reads:

* þikfastr * lit * raisa * stain * þinsa * at * hulmkair * faþur * sin * koþan ** kuþ * hielbi * sal hans * boanta * ikuR * bali * risi * stan * þinsa *

Þingfastr lét reisa stein þenna at Holmgeir, fôður sinn góðan, Guð hjalpi sál hans, bónda Ingu. Balli risti stein þenna.

Þingfastr had this stone raised in memory of Holmgeirr, his good father, Inga's husbandman. May God help his soul. Balli carved this stone.