Uppland Runic Inscription 701 Explained

Created:unknown
Discovered Place:Originally Veckholms county, now lost, Uppland, Sweden
Rune Id:U 701
Rune Master:unknown
Rune Text Native:Old Norse

Guti let ræisa st[æin] þennsa æftiʀ I[ng]iald, broður sinn. Guð hialpi salu hans.

Rune Text English: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]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Spurkland, Terje . van der Hoek, Betsy (trans.) . Norwegian Runes and Runic Inscriptions . Boydell Press . 2005 . Woodbridge . 133–135 . 1-84383-186-4.
  2. http://www.nordiska.uu.se/forskn/samnord.htm Project Samnordisk Runtextdatabas Svensk