Rune stone (U 938)

Title

Rune stone (U 938)

Subject

Rune stones

Description

Rune stone from Uppsala, Uppland (U 938).

According to the Samnordisk runtextdatabas the inscription reads:

hulfastr ' lit ' risa ' stin ' at ' ihulkai ' faþur ' si(n) ' uk ' þorbiorn

Holmfastr lét reisa stein at Ígulgeir, fôður sinn, ok Þorbjôrn.

Holmfastr had the stone raised in memory of Ígulgeirr, his father, and Þorbjôrn.

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 938
http://kulturarvsdata.se/raa/fmi/html/10028200010006

Coverage

Sweden, Sverige
Uppland
Viking Age

Files

Citation

Maja Backvall, “Rune stone (U 938),” World-Tree Project, accessed July 25, 2026, https://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/1703.

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