U 840

Also known as: B 355, B 1125, L 95

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

Location

Found location
Dalby kyrka
Parish
Dalby sn
District
Hagunda hd
Municipality
Uppsala
Current location
Built into the sacristy's outer wall.
Original site
No

Classification

Carver
Öpir 1 (A) [not Öpir, Åhlén 1997]
Number of crosses
0
Cross form
Rune type
Style
Pr 4

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.759920, 17.573280

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

"Holmfríðr ok "Folkvé létu reisa stein þenna eptir "Þorstein, fôður sinn.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

"Holmfriðr ok "Folkvi letu ræisa stæin þenna æftiR "Þorstæin, faður sinn.

Transliteration

hulfriþ · auk · fulkui · litu · risa · s[t]ain · þina · eftR · þorstain · faþur sin

Translation (English)

Holmfríðr and Folkvé had this stone raised in memory of Þorsteinn, their father.

Translation (Swedish)

Holmfrid och Folkvi lät resa denna sten efter Torsten, sin fader.

References

Images

  • Image of U 840 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/41d5670e-9c1e-41ec-8a62-550fbd27938a