This inscription consists of runic text in the
younger futhark carved on a serpent or
lindworm that circles a central area where it then becomes intertwined with a ribbon beast in the center. A
Christian cross is near the top of the inscription. The granite runestone, which is 1.8 meters in height, was placed on its current base in 1925. It is classified as being carved in
runestone style Pr5, which is also known as
Urnes style. This runestone style is characterized by slim and stylized animals that are interwoven into tight patterns. The animal heads are typically seen in profile with slender almond-shaped eyes and upwardly curled appendages on the noses and the necks. This stone is considered to be a good example of an inscription in style Pr5. The inscription is signed with the runes
ofaigr ybiʀ by the
runemaster Öpir, who was active in the Uppland area in the late 11th and early 12th centuries. The first word in
Old Norse is
Ofæigʀ, which combines a negative prefix
ó with
feigr to mean "death bound" or "fated to die" but without any negative connotations intended, thus making a name meaning "Not Doomed." This is the only runic inscription of Öpir with this first name, and it has been suggested that this was the given name of Öpir. The name he used in his other surviving signed inscriptions was the
sobriquet or nickname Öpir, which means "Shouter." Another inscription which used a bind rune to combine these same two runes, which was also signed by Öpir, is the
Varangian runestone Sö 308 from Vid Järnavägen. ==Inscription==