Runestone U 937
March 21, 2019
The carvings of the stone are in the runestone style Pr 3 pertaining to the early Urnes style.
The granite stone is c. 1,80 m tall, 0,90 m wide and 0,37 m thick. The rune ribbon is c. 9 cm wide.
The triquetra symbol in the centre of the inscription is not a particularly common decorative ornament on runestones.
Runic inscription
Runes
× ᚦᛁᛅᚴᚾ × ᛅᚢᚴ × ᚴᚢᚾᛅᚱ × ᚱᛅᛁᛋᛏᚢ × ᛋᛏᛅᚾᛅ × ᛅᚠᛏᛁᛦ × ᚢᛅᚦᚱ × ᛒᚱᚢᚦᚢᚱ × ᛋᛁᚾ ×
Transliteration
× þiakn × auk × kunar × raistu × stana × aftiR × uaþr × bruþur × sin ×
Old Norse
Þiagn ok Gunnarr ræistu stæina æftir Veðr, broður sinn.
English
Þiagn and Gunnarr had these stones raised in memory of Veðr, their brother.
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Uppsala, Uppland, Sweden
U 937