U 978

Also known as: B 387, L 184

Lost?
No
Object
runsten
Material
stone, ljusröd sandsten
Dating
V
Found

Location

Found location
Gamla Uppsala kyrka
Parish
Gamla Uppsala sn (nu Uppsala)
District
Vaksala hd
Municipality
Uppsala
Current location
Inmurad utvändigt i absidväggen.
Original site
nej

Classification

Carver
Erik (A) [Källström 2014a]
Number of crosses
1
Cross form
A4; B3; C1; D1; E3; F3
Rune type
Style
Pr 2

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.899398, 17.632208

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

"Sigviðr [reist]i stein þenna "Englandsfari eptir "Védjarf, fôður ... ... ...

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

"Sigviðr [ræist]i stæin þenna "Ænglandsfari æftiR "Vidiarf, faður ... ... ...

Transliteration

sihuiþr ...-i + stain + þina + iklats+fari + iftir + uitarf + faþ(u)(r) [+ -... ...sia]... ...ku---

Translation (English)

Sigviðr, traveller to England, raised this stone in memory of Védjarfr, (his) father ...

Translation (Swedish)

Sigvid Englandsfararen reste denna sten efter Vidjärv, [sin] fader …

References

Images

  • Image of U 978 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/75c6a7a0-36ec-47df-aad7-c5daaa408e98
  • Image of U 978 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/7e8cdc8c-dfd7-4699-8bc0-abf4ae94470d
  • Image of U 978 source: https://digitaltmuseum.se/011013975567