Runestone U 1014
April 30, 2020
The carvings of the stone are in the runestone style Pr 5 (c. 1100-1130) pertaining to the late Urnes style.
Though the inscription is not signed, it is attributed to the runemaster Öpir for stylistic reasons.
The granite stone is c. 1,32 m tall and 0,99 m wide.
Runic inscription
The rune text begins at the tail end of the animal.
Runes
ᛁᚬᛚᛘᚴᛂᛦ ‘ ᛚᛁᛏ ‘ ᚱᛅᛁᛋᛅ ‘ ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚿ ‘ ᛁᚠᛏᛁ[ᛦ ‘ ᛁᚢᛚᚠᛅᛋᛏ ‘ ᚢᚴ ‘] ᛋᚢᛅᚱᛏᚢᚠᚦᛅ ‘ ᛋᚢᚾᛁ ‘ ᛋᛁᚿᛅ ‘
Transliteration
iolmkeʀ ‘ lit ‘ raisa ‘ stain ‘ ifti[ʀ ‘ iulfast ‘ uk ‘] suartufþa ‘ suni ‘ sina ‘
Old Norse
HolmgæiRR/HialmgæiRR let ræisa stæin æftiR Igulfast(?) ok Svarthofða, syni sina.
English
Holmgeirr/Hjalmgeirr had the stone raised in memory of Ígulfastr(?) and Svarthǫfði, his sons.
Notes
The missing part of the rune text has been reconstructed based on illustrations by Bureus (1632) and Rhezelius (1667), drawn while the runestone was still intact.
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Ärentuna, Uppland, Sweden
U 1014