Uppland Runic Inscription 701

Uppland Runic Inscription 701
Createdunknown
DiscoveredOriginally Veckholms county, now lost, Uppland, Sweden
Rundata IDU 701
Runemasterunknown
Text – Native
Old Norse: Guti let ræisa st[æin] þennsa æftiʀ I[ng]iald, broður sinn. Guð hialpi salu hans.
Translation
Goti had this stone raised in memory of Ingjaldr, his brother. May God help his soul.

Uppland Runic Inscription 701 or U 701, and also known as Kynge stone, is a runestone that is now lost. It was recorded in a drawing in the 17th century by Johan Hadorph and P. Helgonius, as well as Johannes Haquini Rhezelius. Richard Dybeck took up the search for the missing U 701 in 1860 but was not able to find it. It is believed that U 701 was carved by the artist who made runic inscriptions U 700 and U 702. The recorded text ends with a prayer that uses the Norse word salu for soul, which was imported from English and first used on a different inscription during the tenth century.[1]

Transliteration of runic text into Latin letters

[kuti : lit : risa st... þinsa : iftiʀ : i-ialt : bruþur : sin : kuþ × ialibi salu : hans *][2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Spurkland, Terje (2005). Norwegian Runes and Runic Inscriptions. van der Hoek, Betsy (trans.). Woodbridge: Boydell Press. pp. 133–135. ISBN 1-84383-186-4.
  2. ^ Project Samnordisk Runtextdatabas Svensk - Rundata entry for U 701.

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