U 78

Also known as: B 156, L 381

Lost?
No
Object
runestone
Material
stone, grey stone
Dating
Viking age
Found Present

Location

Found location
Råsta
Parish
Spånga sn (nu Sundbyberg)
District
Sollentuna hd
Municipality
Sundbyberg
Current location
In Sundbybergs hembygdsmuseum.

Classification

Carver
Öpir 1 (A) [not Öpir, Åhlén 1997]
Number of crosses
1
Cross form
A1; B1; C10; D1; F3
Rune type
Style
Pr 5

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.378567, 17.975045
Current latitude and longitude
59.364734, 17.962868

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

"Hôsvi ok "Sigríðr ok "Ketiley létu reisa stein þenna eptir "Holmstein, bróður sinn.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

"Hosvi ok "Sigriðr ok "Kætiløy letu ræisa stæin þenna æftiR "Holmstæin, broður sinn.

Transliteration

[hasui · uk · siriþ · uk · ketilu · litu ·] raisa ' stain ' þina ' aftiR ['] hulmstain ' b[roþur · sin]

Translation (English)

Hôsvi and Sigríðr and Ketiley had this stone raised in memory of Holmsteinn, their brother.

Translation (Swedish)

Hosve och Sigrid och Kättilö lät resa denna sten efter Holmsten, sin broder.

Additional information

Endast två fragment bevarade.

References

Images

  • Image of U 78 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/1ad36b02-70f5-427d-bbdd-43385217fe86
  • Image of U 78 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/3e7c95fe-f02f-4752-9389-8e0e2e4c9ed3