Jonas Lau Markussen

Runestone U 35

The carvings of the stone are in the runestone style Pr 2 (c. 1020-1050) pertaining to the Ringerike style.

The inscription is not signed.

The granite stone is c. 3 m tall and 1,82 m wide.

 

Runic inscription

The rune text starts at the neck end of the animal.

 

Runes

ᛅᚦᛁᛋᛚ ᛬ ᛅᚢᚴ ᛬ ᛅᚤᛋ[ᛚ] ᛬ ᛅᚢᚴ ᛬ [ᚢᛚᛅ]ᚠᚱ ᛬ ᚦᛅᛁᛦ ᛬ ᛚᛁᛏᚢ ᛬ ᚱᛅᛁᛋᛅ ᛬ ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ ᛬ ᚦᛁᚾᛋᛅ ᛬ ᛅᛏ ᛬ ᚢᛁᚴᛁᛋᛚ ᛬ ᚠᛅᚦᚢᚱ ᛬ ᛋᛁᚾ ᛬ ᛒᚭᛅᚾᛏᛅ ᛬ ᛁᚱᚠᚱᛁᚦᛅᛦ

 

Transliteration

aþisl : auk : ays[l] : auk : [ula]fr : þaiʀ : litu : raisa : stain : þinsa : at : uikisl : faþur : sin : boanta : irfriþaʀ

 

Old Norse

Aðisl ok As[l]/Ǫs[l] ok [Ola]fR þæiR letu ræisa stæin þennsa at Vigisl, faður sinn, boanda ÆrnfriðaR.

 

English

Aðísl and Ásl/Ôsl and Ólafr, they had this stone raised in memory of Végísl, their father, Ernfríðr’s husbandman.

 

 

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Svartsjö, Uppland, Sweden

U 35

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