Runic inscription

U 887

Period: Viking Age
Location: Skillsta

Inscription

ᛁᚬᚴᛂᛦ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᚠᛅᛋᛏᚴᛂᛦ᛫ᛅᚢᚴ᛫ᛅᚢᚱᛁᚴᚱ᛫ᛚᛁᛏᚢ᛫ᚱᛁᛏᛅ᛫ᛋᛏᛂᚾ᛫ᚤᚠᛏᛁᛦ᛫ᛒᚬᚱᚴᛂᛦ᛫ᚠᛅᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᚠᚱᛂᚼᚾ᛫ᛋᛂᛚᚠᚱ᛫ᚼᛁᚬᚴ᛫ᛅᚢᚱᛁᚴᚱ᛫ᚤᚠᛏᛁ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᚠᛅᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᚱᚢᚾᛁ᛫ᚦᛁᛋᛅ᛫ᚱᚬᚦᛁ᛫ᛋᛅ᛫ᚴᚢᚾᛁ

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

Old Norse

Jógeirr ok Fastgeirr ok Auðríkr/Eyríkr létu rétta stein eptir Borggeir, fôður sinn frægan. Sjalfr hjó Auðríkr/Eyríkr eptir sinn fôður rúnar þessar. Ráði sá kunni.

English

Jógeirr and Fastgeirr and Auðríkr/Eyríkr had the stone erected in memory of Borggeirr, their acclaimed father. Auðríkr/Eyríkr cut these runes himself in memory of his father. Interpret, he who can.

Object

Object type: runsten
Material category: sten
Material: rödaktig grovkornig granit

Location

Parish: Skogstibble sn (nu Skogs-Tibble)
District: Hagunda hd
Municipality: Uppsala

Sources

Carver: Örik (S)
Style group: Pr4
Reference: SRI 9 s. 75
Notes: Enda kända stenen av Örik, ornamentiken mycket skickligt gjord.

Images

**U887 Skillsta** —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