Rune stone (U 961)

Title

Rune stone (U 961)

Subject

Rune stones

Description

Rune stone from Vaksala kyrka, Uppland (U 961).

According to the Samnordisk runtextdatabas the inscription reads:

h(u)(l)-a + lit + raisa stain + þina at kitilbiarn ' faþur ' sin + auk runfriþ ' at ' bonta ' auk ihulfastr ' riþ ' in ' ubiR

Hyl[i]a(?) lét reisa stein þenna at Ketilbjôrn, fôður sinn, ok Rúnfríðr at bónda, ok Ígulfastr réð, en Œpir.

Hylia(?) had this stone raised in memory of Ketilbjôrn, his father; and Rúnfríðr in memory of (her) husbandman, and Ígulfastr arranged (it), and Œpir.

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 961
http://kulturarvsdata.se/raa/fmi/html/10028401080001

Coverage

Sweden, Sverige
Uppland
Viking Age

Files

Citation

Maja Backvall, “Rune stone (U 961),” World-Tree Project, accessed October 18, 2026, https://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/1715.

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