U 579

Also known as: B 251, L 621

Lost?
No
Object
runestone
Material
stone, red sandstone
Dating
Viking age
Found

Location

Found location
Hårdnacka
Parish
Estuna sn
District
Lyhundra hd
Municipality
Norrtälje
Original site
Yes

Classification

Carver
Vidbjörn (A)
Number of crosses
0
Cross form
Rune type
Style
Pr 2

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.779666, 18.766181

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

"Viðbjôrn, arfi "Guðbjarnar, rétt[i stein e]ptir brœðr sína "Or[ma](?) ok ... "Geiri(?), "Guði(?), "Ljúfr(?) eptir brœðr sína.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

"Viðbiorn, arfi "GuðbiarnaR, rett[i stæin æ]ftiR brøðr sina "Or[ma](?) ok ... "GæiRi(?), "Guði(?), "LiufR(?) æftiR brøðr sina.

Transliteration

· uiþabiarn : arfi : kuþabiarnao : ri(t)- : --...- -(f)tiR : baruþ(a)r : si(n)(a) : u(r)-- : (a)(u)(k) : ----- (k)iari : kuþi : liufr : iftiR : bryþr : sina :

Translation (English)

Viðbjôrn, Guðbjôrn's heir, erected the stone in memory of his brothers Ormi(?) and ... ; Geiri(?), Guði(?) (and) Ljúfr(?) in memory of their brothers.

Translation (Swedish)

Vidbjörn, Gudbjörns arvinge, reste stenen efter sina bröder Orme(?) och ... Gere(?), Gude(?), Ljuv(?) efter sina bröder.

References

Images

  • Image of U 579 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/289e9f51-fd72-4c92-88c6-8805d279e9da
  • Image of U 579 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/38cf69d8-e9b0-43e7-b287-f1c8b6350b37