U 166

Also known as: L 640

Lost?
No
Object
runsten
Material
stone, gråsten
Dating
V
Found

Location

Found location
Östra Ryds kyrka
Parish
Östra Ryds sn
District
Danderyds skeppslag
Municipality
Österåker
Current location
I norra väggen.

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