Rune stones (U 766 and U 767)

Title

Rune stones (U 766 and U 767)

Subject

Rune stones

Description

Rune stones from Norrby, Back-Norrby, Uppland (U 766 and 767).

According to the Samnordisk runtextdatabas the inscriptions read: 

U 766 

+ kuþastr + [l](i)t + akua + steno + (t)uo + yf(t)(i) + est + sun sen + ayk + selfon sik +

Guðfastr lét hôggva steina tvá eptir Eist, son sinn, ok sjalfan sik.

Guðfastr had the two stones cut in memory of Eistr, his son, and for himself.



U 767

+ lifsten + risti + runi + yfti + feþrka + tuo + kuþa + treka

Lífsteinn risti rúnar eptir feðga tvá, góða drengi.

Lífsteinn carved the runes in memory of the two, father and son, good valiant men.

Creator

Maja Backvall

Source

Maja Backvall

Publisher

The World-Tree Project

Date

22/08/2016

Contributor

Maja Backvall

Rights

Maja Backvall

Relation

http://www.abdn.ac.uk/skaldic/db.php?id=17581&if=runic&table=mss
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/skaldic/db.php?id=17580&if=runic&table=mss
http://www.nordiska.uu.se/forskn/samnord.htm

Format

jpg

Language

Old Norse
Norrønt

Type

Still Image

Identifier

U 766 and U 767
http://kulturarvsdata.se/raa/fmi/html/10029201670001
http://kulturarvsdata.se/raa/fmi/html/10029201670002

Coverage

Sweden, Sverige
Uppland
Viking Age

Files

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