Runestone U 154
December 16, 2021
The carvings of the stone are in the runestone style Pr 3 (c. 1045-1075) pertaining to the early Urnes style.
The inscription is not signed.
The granite stone is c. 1,23 m tall and 0,80 m wide.
Runic inscription
The rune text begins at the head end of the animal.
Runes
[ᚦ(ᚯ)]…ᚱ × ᛚᛁᛏ × ᚱᛅᛁ[ᛋᛅ] … …ᚠᛅᛋᛏ × ᛅᚢᚴ × ᛅᛏ × (ᚴ)ᛅᛁᛦᛒᛁᛅᚱᚾ × ᛒᚱᚢᚦ[ᚱ] … [ᚦᛅ]ᛁᛦ × (ᛏ)ᚯ ᛅ(ᚢ)ᛋ[ᛏᚱ] ×
Transliteration
[þ(o)]…r × lit × rai… … …fast × auk × at × (k)aiʀbiarn × bruþ- … …i(ʀ) * (t)o a(u)s… ×
Old Norse
… let ræi[sa] … …fast ok at GæiRbiorn, brøð[r] … [þæ]iR dou aus[tr].
English
… had raised … …-fastr and in memory of Geirbjǫrn, (their) brothers … They died in the east.
Notes
The missing parts of the ornamentation have been reconstructed here based on typologically similar designs.
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Lissby, Uppland, Sweden
U 154