Saleby Runestone

This is the classification for inscriptions where the runic bands do not have any serpent or beast heads at the ends, and is considered to be the oldest style.

The second is in the phrase argʀi konu or "maleficent woman" in the curse, which appears to be related to the practice of seiðr, a type of sorcery.

[2] Runologist Erik Moltke has suggested that argʀi represents the most loathsome term the runemaster could imagine calling someone.

+ fraustinFrøystæinn+ karþigærði+ kublkumbl* þausiþausi+ aftiʀæftiʀ+ þuruÞoru,+ kunukonu+ sinosina.+ suSu...[va]ʀ...(s)...+ tutiʀdottiʀ,bastbæzt+ miþmeð+ altumaldum.+ uarþiVerðiatat+ rata+ au=kok+ atatarkʀiargʀi'+ kunukonu+ saʀsaʀ+ iaseshaukuihaggvi+[i]kruskrus,+ -......+ ufof+ briutibriuti.+ fraustin + karþi + kubl * þausi + aftiʀ + þuru + kunu + sino + su ... ...(s) + tutiʀ bast + miþ + altum + uarþi at + rata + au=k + at arkʀi '+ kunu + saʀ + ias haukui + krus + -... + uf + briuti{} Frøystæinn {} gærði {} kumbl {} þausi {} æftiʀ {} Þoru, {} konu {} sina.

{} Verði at {} {} ok {} at argʀi {} konu {} saʀ {} es haggvi [i] krus, {} ... {} of {} briuti.Freysteinn made these monuments in memory of Þóra, his wife.