U 796 $

Lost?
No
Object
fragment of runestone
Material
stone, granite
Dating
Viking age
Found Present

Location

Found location
Sparrsätra kyrka
Parish
Sparrsätra sn
District
Åsunda hd
Municipality
Enköping
Current location
A smaller part is built into the south wall inside the church; the larger part is in Skolparken in Enköping.
Original site
No

Classification

Carver
Livsten (S)
Number of crosses
0
Cross form
Rune type
Style
Pr 4

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.694249, 16.975878
Current latitude and longitude
59.638565, 17.080816

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

"Sæ[g]rímr lét hôggv[a a]t son sinn "Áfast. "Hlífsteinn hjó rúnar þessar at góðan dreng.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

"Sæ[g]rimR let haggv[a a]t sun sinn "Afast. "Lifstæinn hiogg runiR þessa at goðan dræng.

Transliteration

+ se-rimr + lit + aku... ...-t + sun sin + afast ++ lifsten + iuk runi + þsa + at + kuþon trek +

Translation (English)

Sægrímr had (this) cut in memory of his son Áfastr. Hlífsteinn cut these runes in memory of the good valiant man.

Translation (Swedish)

Sägrim lät hugga efter sin son Åfast. Livsten högg dessa runor efter en god ung man.

Additional information

U 760 förd hit.

References

Images

  • Image of U 796 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/ceec8036-8335-4d84-ab59-cbafac92133e