Rune stone (U 654)

Title

Rune stone (U 654)

Subject

Rune stones

Description

Rune stone in Varpsund, Uppland (U 654).

According to the Samnordisk runtextdatabas the inscription reads: 

+ a--itr : auk * ka(r) auk : kiti : auk : -[l]isi : auk * tiarfr : ris[t]u : stain : þena : aftir : kunlaif : foþur sin is u[a]s nus(t)(r) * m[i](þ) ikuari : tribin kuþ : hialbi : o(t) þaira al-ikr| |raistik * runar is kuni + ual * knari stura

A[ndv]éttr ok Kárr ok <kiti> ok [B]lesi ok Djarfr reistu stein þenna eptir Gunnleif, fôður sinn. Er var austr með Ingvari drepinn. Guð hjalpi ônd þeira. Al[r]íkr(?) reist-ek rúnar. Er kunni vel knerri stýra.

Andvéttr and Kárr and <kiti> and Blesi and Djarfr raised this stone in memory of Gunnleifr, their father, who was killed in the east with Ingvarr. May God help their spirits. Alríkr(?), I carved the runes. He could steer a cargo-ship well.

 

Creator

Maja Backvall

Source

Maja Backvall

Publisher

The World-Tree Project

Date

22/08/2016

Contributor

Maja Backvall

Rights

Maja Backvall

Format

jpg

Language

Old Norse
Norrønt

Type

Still Image

Identifier

U 654
http://kulturarvsdata.se/raa/fmi/html/10030601160001

Coverage

Sweden, Sverige
Uppland
Viking Age

Files

Citation

Maja Backvall, “Rune stone (U 654),” World-Tree Project, accessed July 25, 2026, https://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/1562.

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