U 289

Also known as: B 1129, L 424

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

Location

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

Classification

Carver
Number of crosses
1
Cross form
A4; B1; C6-C7; D1; E3; F3
Rune type
Style
Pr 3

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.531666, 17.931894

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

"... ok "Holmfastr létu reisa steina eptir "Holmgeir, fôður sinn, dreng hæfan.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

"... ok "Holmfastr letu ræisa stæina æftiR "HolmgæiR, faður sinn, dræng hæfan.

Transliteration

...r × auk hulm[fastr × litu × risa stina × iftiR ×] (h)ulmkiR × faþur × sin trink hifan

Translation (English)

... and Holmfastr had the stones raised in memory of Holmgeirr, their father, a competent valiant man.

Translation (Swedish)

… och Holmfast lät resa stenarna efter Holmger, sin fader, en duglig man.

References

Images

  • Image of U 289 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/18a84ea8-5b4a-49a7-ac5f-3d7bf8495b82
  • Image of U 289 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/bdf90158-4896-4c6d-bbeb-ed2f7f966cde