U 985

Also known as: B 385, L 189

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

Texts

Transliteration

karl ' lit ' raisa · stain · iftiR ' uikaiR ' faþur ' sin an uar sun stufials uk systrsun kulaug

Normalisation (Old Norse)

Karl lét reisa stein eptir Végeir, fôður sinn. Hann var sonr Styfjalds ok systursonr Gullaugar.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

Karl let ræisa stæin æftiR VigæiR, faður sinn. Hann vaR sunn Styfialds ok systursunn GullaugaR.

Translation (English)

Karl had the stone raised in memory of Végeirr, his father. He was Styfjaldr's son and Gullaug's sister's son.

Translation (Swedish)

Karl lät resa stenen efter Viger, sin fader. Han var Styvialds son och Gullögs systerson.

Location

Found location
Hämringe
Parish
Gamla Uppsala sn (nu Uppsala)
District
Vaksala hd
Municipality
Uppsala
Province and country
Uppland, Sweden
Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.920552, 17.658495

Classification

Carver
Öpir 1 (A)
Number of crosses
0
Cross form
—
Rune type
—
Style
Pr 4 - Pr 5
Dating
Viking age

References

Images

  • Image of U 985 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/25f8d180-5299-4d8d-a312-20dc2f5a2912
  • Image of U 985 Wikimedia Commons; artist: Uwe Zimmermann; license: CC BY-SA 3.0 source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U985_runes.png
  • Image of U 985 Wikimedia Commons; artist: Uwe Zimmermann; license: CC BY-SA 3.0 source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U985.jpg