U 961 $

Also known as: B 395, L 193

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

Location

Found location
Vaksala kyrka
Parish
Vaksala sn
District
Vaksala hd
Municipality
Uppsala
Current location
At the road junction Uppsala–Rasbo and Gamla Uppsala–Danmark.
Original site
No

Classification

Carver
Öpir 1 (S); (Igulfast (S) commissioned) Öpir 1 (S)
Number of crosses
1
Cross form
A1; B1; C8; D1; E3; F3
Rune type
—
Style
Pr 4

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.875992, 17.686447
Current latitude and longitude
59.878433, 17.682781

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

"Hyl[i]a(?) lét reisa stein þenna at "Ketilbjôrn, fôður sinn, ok "Rúnfríðr at bónda, ok "Ígulfastr réð, en "Œpir.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

"Hyl[i]a(?) let ræisa stæin þenna at "Kætilbiorn, faður sinn, ok "Runfriðr at bonda, ok "Igulfastr reð, en "ØpiR.

Transliteration

h(u)(l)-a + lit + raisa stain + þina at kitilbiarn ' faþur ' sin + auk runfriþ ' at ' bonta ' auk ihulfastr ' riþ ' in ' ubiR

Translation (English)

Hylia(?) had this stone raised in memory of Ketilbjôrn, his father; and Rúnfríðr in memory of (her) husbandman, and Ígulfastr arranged (it), and Œpir.

Translation (Swedish)

Hylja(?) lät resa denna sten efter Kättilbjörn, sin fader, och Runfrid efter (sin) man, och Igulfast ombesörjde, men Öpir (ristade).

Additional information

Ett av Öpirs yppersta verk. Otterbjörk (1983:32) läser h(u)(l)-a som hul(R)a (med stupruna) vilket han tolkar "Holma".

References

Images

  • Image of U 961 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/09e55d93-c086-4fad-bd81-9997ab366513
  • Image of U 961 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/158f5bd0-d02c-4456-af3f-4dcb603f88f9
  • Image of U 961 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/8c8be02b-5388-4119-b9b9-c7356ea2933d
  • Image of U 961 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/bb41d98a-1014-4a1e-85ab-949faa7e3ff3
  • Image of U 961 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/e9d8eeaf-d060-4b30-8609-b956339f47bd
  • Image of U 961 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/0ebe374a-3af3-49ad-91b6-f4acc6788841
  • Image of U 961 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/6668d2a1-f38a-4700-8415-7443130d4a4e
  • Image of U 961 source: https://digitaltmuseum.se/021016509568