DR 216 $

Also known as: DK Syd4, L 1492

Found
Tirsted
Current
Nationalmuseet
Dating
V Jelling
Material
stone, granit
Found

Location

Found location
Tirsted
Parish
Tirsted sn
District
Fuglse hd, Lolland-Falster
Municipality
Lolland
Current location
Nationalmuseet
Original coordinates
54.735100, 11.345300
Parish code
070317

Classification

Dating
V Jelling
Year range
900 – 1050
Style
Rak
Material type
stone
Material
granit
Object
runsten

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

§A "Ástráðr ok "Hildu[ng]r/"Hildv[íg]r/"Hildu[lf]r reistu stein þenna ept "Fraða/"Freða, frænda sinn sinn, en hann var þá feikn(?) vera, §B en hann varð dauðr á "Svíþjóðu ok var fyrstr(?) í(?) "Friggis(?) liði(?) þá allir víkingar.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

§A "Asraþr ok "Hildu[ng]R/"Hildv[ig]R/"Hildu[lf]R resþu sten þænsi æft "Fraþa/"Fræþa, frænda sin sin, æn han was þa fækn(?) wæRa, §B æn han warþ døþr a "Sweþiuþu ok was fyrst(?) i(?) "Friggis(?) liði(?) þa alliR wikingaR.

Transliteration

§A osraþr auk hiltu(-)-R ¶ raisþu stain þansi ¶ aft froþa fronti sin ¶ sin ian han uas þo foink ¶ uaiRa §B ian han uarþ tauþr o suo¶þiauþu auk uas furs ¶ i frikis ioþi þo aliR uikikaR

Translation (English)

§A Ástráðr and Hildungr/Hildvígr/Hildulfr raised this stone in memory of Fraði/Freði, their kinsman. And he was then the terror(?) of men. §B And he died in Sweden and was thereafter the first(?) in(?) Friggir's(?) retinue(?) and then: all vikings.

References

  • $=Moltke 1985:300, RunLab.; DK nr.: Syd 4, http://runer.ku.dk/VisGenstand.aspx?Titel=Tirsted-sten
  • Riksarkivet