U 540

Also known as: B 248, L 605

Lost?
No
Object
fragment av runsten
Material
stone, röd sandsten
Dating
V 1030-t
Found

Location

Found location
Husby-Lyhundra kyrka (nu: Husby-Sjuhundra)
Parish
Husby-Lyhundra sn (nu Husby-Sjuhundra)
District
Lyhundra hd
Municipality
Norrtälje
Original site
nej

Classification

Carver
Åsmund (A); Torbjörn skald (A); Torfast (A)
Number of crosses
0
Cross form
Rune type
Style
Pr 4

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.740328, 18.529936

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

"Eiríkr ok "Hákon ok "Ingvarr ok "Ragnhildr þau ... ... ... ... Hann varð dauðr á "Grikklandi. "Guð hjalpi hans sálu ok "Guðs móðir.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

"ÆirikR ok "Hakon ok "Ingvarr ok "Ragnhildr þau/þaun ... ... ... ... Hann varð dauðr a "Grikklandi. "Guð hialpi hans salu ok "Guðs moðiR.

Transliteration

airikr ' auk hokun ' auk inkuar aukk rahn[ilt]r ' þou/þouh h--.../--... ... ...-R ' -na hon uarþ [tau]þ(r) [a] kriklati ' kuþ hialbi hons| |salu| |uk| |kuþs muþi(R)

Translation (English)

Eiríkr and Hákon and Ingvarr and Ragnhildr, they ... He died in Greece. May God and God's mother help his soul.

Translation (Swedish)

Erik och Håkon och Ingvar och Ragnhild, de ... Han blev död i Grekland. Gud och Guds moder hjälpe hans själ.

Additional information

Samma brödrakrets som nämns på U 513.

References

Images

  • Image of U 540 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/b3118e4b-f4c4-4d00-894e-484fa9191433
  • Image of U 540 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/f4281321-d623-4e19-bb75-3f415d4e2602
  • Image of U 540 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/fe5aa9bb-da19-44a3-b931-cf228c4fd00a
  • Image of U 540 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/37a84c0d-744c-4bd9-97e7-595ec19ff540
  • Image of U 540 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/dcf1ea4b-3819-4e3e-b285-7545e18fa986
  • Image of U 540 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/f1f6197a-f1ff-4491-9c75-9dde1868a151