G 208 $

Also known as: L 1591

Lost?
No
Object
picture-stone-shaped runestone
Material
stone, limestone
Dating
Viking age ca 1100
Found

Location

Found location
Stenkumla kyrka
Parish
Stenkumla sn
District
Stenkumla ting
Municipality
Gotland
Current location
In the tower room, behind the organ.

Classification

Carver
Same carver as G 207.
Number of crosses
1
Cross form
A1(?); B1; C9; D2; E5-E7; F3
Rune type
Style
Pr 3?

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
57.547686, 18.268398

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

"Bótmundr ok "Bótreifr ok "Gunnhva[t]r [þeir reis]tu stein þ[enna] ... "...[hv]at(?), fôður sinn. "Guð hjalpi sálu hans ok "Guðs móðir betr en vér biðja kunnim ... ...

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

"Botmundr ok "BotræifR ok "Gunnhva[t]r [þæiR ræis]tu stæin þ[enna] ... "...[hv]at(?), faður sinn. "Guð hialpi selu hans ok "Guðs moðiR bætr þæn viR biðia kunnin ... ...

Transliteration

[b]u[t]muntr : auk : butraifR : auk : kunua-(r) [: -]... ...tu : stain : þ... ... ...[at : faþur : si]n : kuþ : h(i)albi : (s)elu : hans : auk : kus : muþiR : (b)etr : þen : uiR : biþia : kunin · ¶ -(a)... ...(a)-(n) (:)

Translation (English)

Bótmundr and Bótreifr and Gunnhvatr they raised this stone ... ...-hvatr(?), their father. May God and God's mother help his soul better than we could pray ...

Translation (Swedish)

Botmund och Botraiv och Gunnvar [de] reste denna sten [efter] ...-vat(?), sin fader. Gud hjälpe hans själ och Guds moder bättre än vi kunna bedja ...

References