U 171

Lost?
No
Object
stenblock
Material
stone, granit
Dating
V
Found

Location

Found location
Söderby
Parish
Östra Ryds sn
District
Danderyds skeppslag
Municipality
Vaxholm

Classification

Carver
Faste/Fastulv (S)
Number of crosses
0
Cross form
Rune type
Style
Pr 4

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.404107, 18.225679

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

"Gunni lét hôggva stein þe[nn]a eptir "Eynd, son sinn góðan, ok epti[r] sik sjalfan. "Fasti risti rúnar.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

"Gunni let haggva stæin þe[nn]a æftiR "Øynd, sun sinn goðan, ok æfti[R] sik sialfan. "Fasti risti runaR.

Transliteration

kuni · lit · akua · stain · þi-a · iftiR · aunt · sun · sin · kuþan · auk · if(t)(i)- · s(i)(k) · sialfan · fasti risti runaR

Translation (English)

Gunni had this stone cut in memory of Eyndr, his good son, and in memory of himself. Fasti carved the runes.

Translation (Swedish)

Gunne lät hugga denna sten efter Önd, sin gode son, och efter sig själv. Faste ristade runorna.

References

Images

  • Image of U 171 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/1381f1a8-ac42-4f29-8038-f76ffba8dcf2