U 279

Also known as: B 115, L 428

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

Location

Found location
Skälby
Parish
Hammarby sn
District
Vallentuna hd
Municipality
Upplands Väsby

Classification

Carver
Öpir 1 (S)
Number of crosses
1
Cross form
A1; B1; C8; D1; E9; F3
Rune type
Style
Pr 4

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.529936, 17.933341

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

"Bjôrn ok "Ígulfastr ok "Jón létu gera brú at "Þorstein, bróður sinn. "Œpir risti rúnar.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

"Biorn ok "Igulfastr ok "Ion letu gæra bro at "Þorstæin, broður sinn. "ØpiR risti runaR.

Transliteration

biarn + uk ' ihulfastr uk × ion + litu kiara ' (b)ro ' at ' þorsti(n) ' broþur sin ybiR ' risti runa

Translation (English)

Bjôrn and Ígulfastr and Jón had the bridge made in memory of Þorsteinn, their brother. Œpir carved the runes.

Translation (Swedish)

Björn och Igulfast och Jon lät göra bron efter Torsten, sin broder. Öpir ristade runorna.

References

Images

  • Image of U 279 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/6119cc7b-ad5b-4de7-9bd5-fc9feb259109
  • Image of U 279 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/c71cbe6f-4184-407c-9729-a9f30b5dbbfa