During the Viking Age, a second runic inscription was added in Old Norse using the younger futhark.
The text on the serpent states that the stone was part of "landmarks" made by Skammhals and Ólôf in memory of their father Sveinn.
The prayer at the end of this text uses the Norse word salu for soul, which was imported from English and is first recorded as being used on a different runestone dating from the tenth century.
[4] ᚺᚨᚱᛁᛃᚨᚼharijaHarja, ⁓ ᛚᛖᚢᚷᚨᛉ7leugazLeugazᚺᚨᚱᛁᛃᚨᚼ {} ᛚᛖᚢᚷᚨᛉ7harija ⁓ leugazHarja, {} LeugazHarja, Leugaz.ᛋᚴᛅᚾᛘᛅᛚᛋskanmalsSkammhalsᛅᚢᚴaukok×× ᚬᛚᛅᚢᚠolaufÓlǫf×× ᚦᛅᚢþauþau×× ᛚᛁᛏᚢlitulétu×× ᚴᛁᛅᚱᛅkiaragera×× ᛘᛂᚱᚴᛁmerkimerki×× ᚦᛅᚢᛋᛁþausiþessi×× ᛂᚠᛏᛁᛦeftiʀeptir×× ᛋᚢᛅᛁᚾsuainSvein,×× ᚠᛅᚦᚢᚱfaþurfǫður×× ᛋᛁᚾsinsinn.×× ᚴᚢᚦkuþGuð×× ᚼᛁᛅᛚᛒᛁhialbihjalpiᛋᛅᛚᚢsalusáluᚼᛅᚾᛋhanshans.ᛋᚴᛅᚾᛘᛅᛚᛋ ᛅᚢᚴ × ᚬᛚᛅᚢᚠ × ᚦᛅᚢ × ᛚᛁᛏᚢ × ᚴᛁᛅᚱᛅ × ᛘᛂᚱᚴᛁ × ᚦᛅᚢᛋᛁ × ᛂᚠᛏᛁᛦ × ᛋᚢᛅᛁᚾ × ᚠᛅᚦᚢᚱ × ᛋᛁᚾ × ᚴᚢᚦ × ᚼᛁᛅᛚᛒᛁ ᛋᛅᛚᚢ ᚼᛅᚾᛋskanmals auk × olauf × þau × litu × kiara × merki × þausi × eftiʀ × suain × faþur × sin × kuþ × hialbi salu hansSkammhals ok {} Ólǫf {} þau {} létu {} gera {} merki {} þessi {} eptir {} Svein, {} fǫður {} sinn.
{} Guð {} hjalpi sálu hans.Skammhals and Ólǫf, they had these landmarks made in memory of Sveinn, their father.