U 978

Also known as: B 387, L 184

Lost?
No
Object
runestone
Material
stone, light red sandstone
Dating
Viking age
Found

Location

Found location
Gamla Uppsala kyrka
Parish
Gamla Uppsala sn (nu Uppsala)
District
Vaksala hd
Municipality
Uppsala
Current location
Built into the exterior of the apse wall.
Original site
No

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