U 938

Lost?
No
Object
runestone
Material
stone, light red coarse-grained granite
Dating
Viking age
Found Present

Location

Found location
Uppsala, kv. Torget
Parish
Uppsala
Municipality
Uppsala
Current location
In Universitetsparken.

Classification

Carver
Öpir 1 (A) [weak attribution, Åhlén 1997]
Number of crosses
1
Cross form
A1; B1; D1; F3
Rune type
Style
Pr 4

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.859674, 17.636420
Current latitude and longitude
59.858156, 17.631321

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

"Holmfastr lét reisa stein at "Ígulgeir, fôður sinn, ok "Þorbjôrn.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

"Holmfastr let ræisa stæin at "IgulgæiR, faður sinn, ok "Þorbiorn.

Transliteration

hulfastr ' lit ' risa ' stin ' at ' ihulkai ' faþur ' si(n) ' uk ' þorbiorn

Translation (English)

Holmfastr had the stone raised in memory of Ígulgeirr, his father, and Þorbjôrn.

Translation (Swedish)

Holmfast lät resa stenen efter Igulger, sin fader, och Torbjörn.

References

Images

  • Image of U 938 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/0d11c08d-cec4-475b-a227-0e19a5fd7835
  • Image of U 938 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/6355f2b9-30df-420d-9e12-cc6bb10c8076