U 166

Also known as: L 640

Lost?
No
Object
runestone
Material
stone, grey stone
Dating
Viking age
Found

Location

Found location
Östra Ryds kyrka
Parish
Östra Ryds sn
District
Danderyds skeppslag
Municipality
Österåker
Current location
In the north wall.

Classification

Carver
Number of crosses
0
Cross form
Rune type
Style
Pr 4

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.448715, 18.196292

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

"Gýi lét reisa [ok] "Guðlaug eptir son [sinn], mjôk nýtan dreng, merki þessi. Hann hét "Sigfastr.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

"Gyi let ræisa [ok] "Guðlaug æftiR sun [sinn], miok nytan dræng, mærki þessa. Hann het "Sigfastr.

Transliteration

ku lit · rasa · kuþlauh · iftiR · sun · miuk · nutan · trik · mirki · þisa · an it · sihuastr ·

Translation (English)

Gýi and Guðlaug had these landmarks raised in memory of their son, a very capable valiant man. He was called Sigfastr.

Translation (Swedish)

Gye lät resa och Gudlög efter sin son, en mycket dugande man, dessa märken. Han hette Sigvast. …

References

Images

  • Image of U 166 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/7ffc78ef-326a-4c59-bea7-287910bc5caa
  • Image of U 166 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/ebba39ec-5a7b-448b-91a0-77031b7557b3