U 559

Lost?
No
Object
runestone
Material
stone, light red sandstone
Dating
Viking age early 12th century
Found

Location

Found location
Malsta kyrka
Parish
Malsta sn
District
Lyhundra hd
Municipality
Norrtälje
Current location
In the church porch.
Original site
Erected in the churchyard.

Classification

Carver
Öpir 1 (A) [uncertain, Åhlén 1997]
Number of crosses
0
Cross form
Rune type
Style
Pr 5

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.770311, 18.640101

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

Hér liggr "Snæbjôrn, sonr "Andsvars. "Guð hjalpi ônd.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

Hiar liggR "Snøybiorn, sunn "Andsvars. "Guð hialpi and.

Transliteration

ihar · likr · snaybiarn · s(u)(n) · ansuars ' kuþ hialbi ant

Translation (English)

Here lies Snæbjôrn, Andsvarr's son. May God help (his) spirit.

Translation (Swedish)

Här ligger Snöbjörn, Andsvars son. Gud hjälpe anden.

References

Images

  • Image of U 559 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/2e5f26ab-2541-4928-9825-73540e518c98
  • Image of U 559 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/9431e70d-90d8-4c35-82e7-d62cdd7b3da7