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or on a Viking raid or expedition. It is possible that Faðir and Bjôrn also went on this joint expedition. The brother Ôzurr is not mentioned as having a part owner the ship. Other runestones that state that the deceased was a ship owner include DR 68 in Århus and
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The Västra Strö 2 Runestone consists of runic text in an arch that is classified as being carved in
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This article contains some information from the
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493:References
163:linguistic
145:in Holms,
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329:biurn
313:æftiʀ
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