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Runic inscription

U 390

Period
Viking Age
Location
Sigtuna

Inscription

ᛋᚢᛅᛁ...᛫...᛫...ᛋᛅ᛫ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ᛫--...᛫...------...᛫...-᛫ᚠᛅᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᚠᚱᛅᚢᛏᛁᛋ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᚢᛚᚠ᛫ᛒᚬᚾᛅ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᚴᚢᚦ᛫ᚼ...᛫...᛫...ᛅᚾᛋ

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Old Norse

Sveinn ... reisa stein þenna eptir ..., fôður sinn ok Freydís at Ulf, bónda sinn. Guð hjalpi ônd hans.

English

Sveinn [had] this stone raised in memory of ... his father and Freydís in memory of Ulfr, her/their husbandman. May God help his spirit.

Object

Object type
runsten
Material category
sten
Material
granit

Location

Parish
Sigtuna
Municipality
Sigtuna
Placement
I Stadsparken.

Sources

Reading basis
The reading or interpretation was supplemented from a later source
Carver
Fot 2 (A)
Style group
Pr2
Reference
ATA Dnr 423-1356-1996; Fv 1958:252, http://fornvannen.se/pdf/1950talet/1958_241.pdf
Notes
Ett fragment funnet 1958 i kv. Handelsmannen, Stora torget, hårt trampslitet, troligen använt som trappsten.

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Data from the Scandinavian Runic-text Database:nordiska.uu.se/forskn/samnord.htm