Uppland Runic Inscription 77

Uppland Runic Inscription 77 is the Rundata catalog number for a Viking Age memorial runestone that is located at Råsta, which is in Sundbyberg Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden, which is in the historic province of Uppland.

Description

This runestone, which is 1.75 meters in height and made of granite, consists of runic text on a serpent that becomes intertwined with itself in the center of the design. The inscription is classified as being carved in runestone style Pr4, which is also known as Urnes style. This runestone style is characterized by slim and stylized animals that are interwoven into tight patterns. The animal heads are typically seen in profile with slender almond-shaped eyes and upwardly curled appendages on the noses and the necks. The inscription has been attributed based upon stylistic analysis to a runemaster named Torgöt Fotsarve.

The runic text is in the younger futhark and states that the stone was raised by two brothers named Holmsteinn and Hôsvi as a memorial to their father Jóbjôrn and to another man believed to be named Gyríðr.

Inscription

hulmstin

Holmsteinn

Holmstæinn

×

auk

ok

×

haosui

Hǫsvi

Hosvi

×

litu

létu

letu

×

raisa

reisa

ræisa

istain

stein

stæin

×

iftir

eptir

æftiʀ

×

iybiurn

Jóbjǫrn,

Iobiorn,

×

faþur

fǫður

faður

sin

sinn,

×

auk

ok

×

kiriþ

Gyríðr(?)

Gyrið(?)

×

ifti

eptir.

æftiʀ.

(Old West Norse)

(Runic Swedish)

Holmsteinn and Hǫsvi had the stone raised in memory of Jóbjǫrn, their father; and Gyríðr(?) in memory of (him). ^[1]

References

^ "Runic inscription U 77". Scandinavian Runic-text Database (2020 ed.). Uppsala University: Department of Scandinavian Languages. Retrieved Feb 25, 2024.