is probably king Svein Forkbeard, as elsewhere on the Hedeby stones. Another runestone there, the Skarthi Stone (DR 3), was apparently personally raised by king Svein:

Under Svein Forkbeard and Cnut the Great, when the Danish kings came to rule England, a body of royal housecarls was developed there, with institutions that were partly of Norse inspiration, and partly inspired by canon law (see below). But even after the Danish