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Runic inscription

U 785

Period
Viking Age
Location
Tillinge kyrka

Inscription

ᚢᛁᚠᛅᛋ--᛫...᛫ᚱᛁᛋᛅ᛫ᛋᛏᛁᚾ᛫ᚦᛏᛁᚾᚬ᛫ᚢᛒ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᚴ-ᚦᛘᚢᚾᛏ᛫ᛒᚱᚢᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᚼᛅᚾ᛫ᚢᛅᚱᚦ᛫ᛏᚢᚦᚱ᛫ᛅ᛫ᛋᚱᚴᛚᛅᚾᛏ-᛫ᚴᚢᚦ᛫ᚼᛅᛚᛒᛁ᛫ᛅᚾᛏ᛫ᛅᚾᛋ

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Old Norse

Véfastr lét reisa stein þenna upp at Guðmund, bróður sinn. Hann varð dauðr á Serklandi. Guð hjalpi ônd hans.

English

Véfastr had this stone raised up in memory of Guðmundr, his brother. He died in Serkland. May God help his spirit.

Object

Object type
runsten
Material category
sten
Material
granit

Location

Parish
Tillinge sn
District
Åsunda hd
Municipality
Enköping

Sources

Carver
Torbjörn 2 (A) [Stille 1999b]; Gunnar (A)
Style group
Pr1
Other identifiers
L 725
Notes
Stille (1999b:59) läser uifas(t)(r) [: lit] : (r)isa : s(t)in : þ-ino : ub : at : k-þmunt : bruþur : sin : han : uarþ : tuþr : a : srklant- kuþ halbi : ant : hns

Images

U785 Tillinge kyrka

U785 Tillinge kyrka —Bengt A. Lundberg; Bengt A Lundberg / Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet This file was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the Swedish National Heritage Board as part of the cooperation project Connected Open Heritage with Wikimedia Sverige . This file was made available by Riksantikvarieämbetet as part of the Connected Open Heritage project. The project is led by Wikimedia Sverige in cooperation with UNESCO, Wikimedia Italia and Cultural Heritage without Borders and is financed by a project grant from the Culture Foundation of the Swedish Postcode Lottery .; Bengt A Lundberg / Riksantikvarieämbetet

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