U 515

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

Location

Found location
Rimbo kyrka
Parish
Rimbo sn
District
Sjuhundra hd
Municipality
Norrtälje
Current location
Now c. 200 m W of the church.
Original site
No

Classification

Carver
Torsten (A) [Källström 2007a:269]
Number of crosses
0
Cross form
Rune type
Style
Pr 4

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.749225, 18.389627
Current latitude and longitude
59.749429, 18.388362

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

"Gunni lét stein rétta eptir "Alfgeir, fôður sinn. "Guð hjalpi ônd hans.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

"Gunni let stæin retta æftiR "AlfgæiR, faður sinn. "Guð hialpi and hans.

Transliteration

kuni lit + stain + rita + eftiR × alfkiR faþur + sen + kuþ hialbi ant hans

Translation (English)

Gunni had the stone erected in memory of Alfgeirr, his father. May God help his spirit.

Translation (Swedish)

Gunne lät resa stenen efter Alvger, sin fader. Gud hjälpe hans ande.

Additional information

Flyttad 2004.

References

Images

  • Image of U 515 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/5395d5d8-0ab6-464b-81b2-58a43ef99475
  • Image of U 515 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/b8bc55b1-d96b-43a2-b645-ea9b304cf7f9