U 971 $

Also known as: B 400, L 197

Lost?
No
Object
runsten
Material
stone, ljus granit
Dating
V
Found

Location

Found location
Eke
Parish
Vaksala sn
District
Vaksala hd
Municipality
Uppsala
Original site
ja

Classification

Carver
(Öpir 1 (A)) [ej Öpir: kristen bön, Åhlén 1997] [felaktigt, tryckfel i SRI]
Number of crosses
0
Cross form
Rune type
Style
Fp

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.885551, 17.686666

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

§P "Gunnbjôrn lét reisa stein eptir fôður [sinn] ... Mildi(?) "Guð hjalpi <hins> ... ... <uþrki>. §Q "Gunnbjôrn(?)/"Unnbjôrn(?)/"Gunn-Bjúr(?)/"Unn-Bjúr(?) lét reisa stein eptir fôður s[inn] ... Mæti "Guð hjalpi. "Heins(?) "Grein(?), [hann(?)] [g]erði óðyrki(?).

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

§P "Gunnbiorn let ræisa stæin æftiR faður [sinn] ... Mildi(?) "Guð hialpin <hins> ... ... <uþrki>. §Q "Gunnbiorn(?)/"Unnbiorn(?)/"Gunn-Biur(?)/"Unn-Biur(?) let ræisa stæin æftiR faður s[inn] ... Mæti "Guð hialpin. "Hæins(?) "Græin(?), [hann(?)] [g]ærði oðyrki(?).

Transliteration

§P : kunbiur : lit risa : stin : iftiR faþur -... ... : miti : kuþ : hulbin hins : krin... ...arþi uþ(r)ki §Q (-)unbiur : lit risa : stin : iftiR : faþur (:) [s]... ...[þ] : miti : kuþ : hulbin (h)ins : krin ... ...arþi uþu(r)ki (:)

Translation (English)

§P Gunnbjôrn had the stone raised in memory of his father ... May gentle(?) God help ... §Q Gunnbjôrn(?)/Unnbjôrn(?)/Gunn-Bjúr(?)/Unn-Bjúr(?) had the stone raised in memory of his father ... May excellent God help. Hein’s(?) Grein(?), he(?) made the ford construction.

Translation (Swedish)

§P Gunnbjörn lät resa stenen efter sin fader ... Milde(?) Gud hjälpe … Gunnbjörn(?)Unnbjörn(?)/Gunn-Bjur(?)/Unn-Bjur(?) ät resa stenen efter sin fader … Utmärkte Gud hjälp. Hens(?) Gren(?), han(?) gjorde vadkonstruktionen.

References

Images

  • Image of U 971 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/152bd2c6-e3b6-42a6-9e2a-3bcf087059b8
  • Image of U 971 source: https://digitaltmuseum.se/011013954863