U 679

Also known as: L 59

Lost?
No
Object
runestone
Material
stone, blue-grey granite
Dating
Viking age
Found

Location

Found location
Skoklosters kyrka
Parish
Skoklosters sn
District
Håbo hd
Municipality
Håbo
Original site
No

Classification

Carver
Number of crosses
1
Cross form
A1; B2; C1; D1; E9; F3
Rune type
Style
Pr 2

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.704730, 17.624081

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

"... létu reisa stein þenna eptir "Heðin, fôður sinn.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

"... letu ræisa stæin þenna æftiR "Heðin, faður sinn.

Transliteration

...þ... (l)itu · raisa · stain · þino · eftiR · iþin · faþur · sin ·

Translation (English)

... had this stone raised in memory of Heðinn, their father.

Translation (Swedish)

… lät resa denna sten efter Heden, sin fader.

References

Images

  • Image of U 679 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/69b32c77-7d31-4b17-a992-c55b66adfbe1
  • Image of U 679 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/3d9dfa43-211d-472b-8762-6831255a994a
  • Image of U 679 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/c16fb7a7-b7aa-49e7-bccc-853920b8710c