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Runic inscription

U 889

Period
Viking Age
Location
Västerby

Inscription

§P᛫ᛅᚬᛋᚢᛚᚠᛦ᛫ᚢᚴᛅᛁᚱ᛫ᛅᚱᚠᛅᛦ᛫ᚠᛅᛋᛏ---ᚠᛋ᛫ᛋᛏᛁᚾ᛫ᚱᛁᛏᚢ᛫ᚦᛁᛦ᛫ᛋᛅᚬᛏᚱ᛫ᚾᛅᚢ---ᚢ᛫ᚠᚢᚱᛁᛦ᛫ᛅᚬᛏ᛫-ᛅᚾᚦᚢᚱᛋᚢᚴᛁ...ᚾᚬᛅᛦ

§Q᛫ᛅᚬᛋᚢᛚᚠᛦ᛫ᚢᚴᛅᛁᚱ᛫ᛅᚱᚠᛅᛦ᛫ᚠᛅᛋᛏ---ᚠᛋ᛫ᛋᛏᛁᚾ᛫ᚱᛁᛏᚢ᛫ᚦᛁᛦ᛫ᛋᛅᚬᛏᚱ᛫ᚾᛅᚢ---ᚢ᛫ᚠᚢᚱᛁᛦ᛫ᛅᚬᛏ᛫ᛅᚾᚦᚢᚱᛋ᛫ᚢᚴᛁᛦ...ᚾᚬᛅᛦ

This is a normalized form and may not represent the exact runic forms in the inscription.

Old Norse

§P Ásulfr ok Geirr, arfar Fast... stein réttu. Þeir <saotr> <nau---u> fyrir ônd ...

§Q Ásulfr ok Geirr, arfar Fastulfs stein réttu þeir. Stendr <nau---u> fyrir ônd Arnþórs ok Geirbjarnar(?).

English

§P Ásulfr and Geirr, Fast-...'s heirs, they erected the stone. They ... for the spirit ...

§Q Ásulfr and Geirr, Fastulfr's heirs, they erected the stone. Stands ... for the spirit of Arnþórr and Geirbjôrn(?).

Object

Object type
runsten
Material category
sten
Material
röd granit

Location

Parish
Ålands sn
District
Hagunda hd
Municipality
Uppsala

Sources

Reading basis
The reading or interpretation was supplemented from a later source
Carver
(Öpir 1 (A)), påminner om Öpir men ornamentiken är degenererad och kännedomen om runorna bristfällig. [ej Öpir, Åhlén 1997]
Style group
Pr4
Other identifiers
B 371; L 81
Reference
§Q: Williams 1990:45ff

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