U 938

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

Texts

Transliteration

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

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.

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.

Location

Found location
Uppsala, kv. Torget
Current location
In Universitetsparken.
Parish
Uppsala
Municipality
Uppsala
Province and country
Uppland, Sweden
Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.859674, 17.636420
Current latitude and longitude
59.858156, 17.631321

Classification

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

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
  • Image of U 938 Wikimedia Commons; artist: User OlofE on sv.wikipedia; license: CC BY-SA 3.0 source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U938.jpg