The Gummarp Runestone was removed and taken to
Copenhagen, where it was destroyed in the
Copenhagen Fire of 1728. The runic inscription was recorded on reproductions of the runestone. It is classified as being in
runestone style RAK. The runes read:
[(h)AþuwolAfA] [sAte] [(s)tA(b)A þr(i)a] [fff] There are two interpretations of the text. One of them reads "Haþuwulfar placed three staves fff," and the other one assumes that the word
apt meaning "after" was originally placed before the name Haþuwulfar which would change the meaning into "In memory of Haþuwulfar [...] placed [these] three staves fff." The three
f-runes have been interpreted as
ideographic runes to be read "wealth, wealth, wealth". and
heru, which when combined in personal names, means a "host" or "magnitude." It has been suggested that the assignment of such a name is related to ritualistic practices and religious wolf-symbolism used in the initiation of young warriors. ==Inscription==