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Runic inscription

U 942

Period
Viking Age
Location
Bredgränden, Uppsala

Inscription

ᛁᚢᚱᚢᚾᛏ...᛫...ᛏ᛫ᚱᛁᛋᛅ᛫ᛋᛏᛁᚾ᛫ᛂᚠᛏᛁᛦ᛫ᚴ-ᚱᚦᛅᛦ᛫ᛋᚢᚾ᛫...᛫...-᛫-ᚢᚦ᛫ᛋᛁᚴᚾᛁ᛫ᚤᛋ᛫ᚴᚢᛘᚾᛅ᛫ᚢᛅᛚᛏᛁᛦ᛫ᚼᛅᛁᛚᛅᚴᛦ᛫ᛏᚢᚱᚢᛁᚾ

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Old Norse

Jôrundr lét reisa stein eptir Gerðar, son sinn ... Guð signi oss, gumna valdr, heilagr dróttinn.

English

Jôrundr had the stone raised in memory of Gerðarr, his son ... May God bless us, the ruler of men, holy Lord.

Object

Object type
runsten
Material category
sten
Material
granit

Location

Parish
Uppsala
Municipality
Uppsala
Placement
I Upplandsmuseet (UM28601, UM28602, UM28603, UM28633, UM28634)

Sources

Carver
Äsbjörn 2 (A)
Style group
Pr1 - Pr2
Notes
Från början rest på en kristen begravningsplats.

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