U 778

Also known as: B 634, L 731, L 1452a

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

Location

Found location
Svinnegarns kyrka
Parish
Svinnegarns sn
District
Åsunda hd
Municipality
Enköping
Current location
In the church porch.
Original site
No

Classification

Carver
Äskil 2 (S)
Number of crosses
1
Cross form
A1; B3; C1; D1-D5; E5-E6; F3
Rune type
Style
Fp

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.588183, 17.000996

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

"Þjalfi ok "Holmlaug létu reisa steina þessa alla at "Banka/"Bagga, son sinn. Er átti einn sér skip ok austr stýrði í "Ingvars lið. "Guð hjalpi ônd "Banka/"Bagga. "Áskell reist.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

"Þialfi ok "Holmlaug letu ræisa stæina þessa alla at "Banka/"Bagga, sun sinn. Es atti æinn seR skip ok austr styrði i "Ingvars lið. "Guð hialpi and "Banka/"Bagga. "Æskell ræist.

Transliteration

þialfi × auk × hulmnlauk × litu × raisa × staina þisa × ala × at baka × sun sin × is ati × ain × sir × skib × auk × austr × stu[rþi ×] i × ikuars × liþ × kuþ hialbi × ot × baka × ask(i)l × raist

Translation (English)

Þjalfi and Holmlaug had all of these stones raised in memory of Banki/Baggi, their son, who alone owned a ship and steered to the east in Ingvarr's retinue. May God help Banki's/Baggi's spirit. Áskell carved.

Translation (Swedish)

Tjälve och Holmlög lät resa alla dessa stenar efter Banke/Bagge, sin son. Han ägde ensam ett skepp och styrde österut i Ingvars här. Gud hjälpe Bankes/Bagges ande. Äskil ristade.

References

Images

  • Image of U 778 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/20064e16-a96f-431d-a291-568a2b5dc3e8
  • Image of U 778 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/2089268d-37d2-48de-aba6-0e1da5f86e2e
  • Image of U 778 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/8a06cd06-73ed-4e9e-9017-38e692a9dafa
  • Image of U 778 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/b05de410-d694-4d82-878f-be8a96d50d92
  • Image of U 778 source: https://digitaltmuseum.se/011013953129
  • Image of U 778 source: https://digitaltmuseum.se/011013955807