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The Norrtil Runestones are two monuments listed in
The stone is located on the south-eastern side of a hill , which was evidently a local burial ground in the
The monument is standing 190 m west of the U 410 stone . Material is pink granite, height — 1.74 m, width — 0.93 m.
The text is carved on a serpent. Its body forms a loop following the contour of the stone. Inside the loop under the cross the serpent's head and tail many times interlaced with a snake of smaller size. All runes well preserved.
had the stone raised in memory of Siggeirr/Seygeirr, his father. May God help his spirit.
The U 411 is the only runic stone bearing the personal name ilturi. Moreover this name is unknown from other Scandinavian Medieval sources. Yet in the list of landmarks between Swedish provinces
Rundata
The Scandinavian Runic-text Database () is a project involving the creation and maintenance of a database of transliterated runic inscriptions. The project's goal is to comprehensively catalog runestones in a machine-readable way for future resea ...
as U 410 and U 411, standing at Norrtil, Saint Olovs parish, Uppland
Uppland is a historical province or ' on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm, the capital. It borders Södermanland, Västmanland and Gästrikland. It is also bounded by lake Mälaren and the Baltic Sea.
The name literally ...
, Sweden. Both runestone
A runestone is typically a raised stone with a runic alphabet, runic inscription, but the term can also be applied to inscriptions on boulders and on bedrock. The tradition of erecting runestones as a memorial to dead men began in the 4th centur ...
s were erected at the second part of 11th century along the ancient road leading from Sigtuna
Sigtuna is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality situated in the eponymous Sigtuna Municipality, in Stockholm County, Sweden with 9,689 inhabitants in 2020. It is the namesake even though the seat of the municipality is in another locality, Märsta.
S ...
to already existed at that time settlement of Til.
U 410
The stone is located on the south-eastern side of a hill , which was evidently a local burial ground in the Viking Age
The Viking Age (about ) was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding, colonising, conquest, and trading throughout Europe and reached North America. The Viking Age applies not only to their ...
. Several graves of that period marked by stone settings are in the near proximity to the monument.
Material is grey granite. Height — 1.55 m, width — 0.75 m.
The inscription is partly damaged due to the stone surface is subject to flaking. Lost text fragments fortunately reconstructed with help of older drawings, the first of which was made by Johan Hadorph in 1682. Runes are carved on the bodies of two serpents which have their heads and tails bound together. The cross is placed in the middle.
Transliteration into Latin characters
: × sturbiarn • l t • rais . stai . . . ftiʀ • s kt n • faþur - - - broþur hulmst . . .Elias Wessén
Elias Wessén (15 April 1889 – 30 January 1981) was a prominent Swedish linguist and a professor of Scandinavian languages at Stockholm University (1928–1956). In 1947, he was honoured with seat 16 in the Swedish Academy, which he held until h ...
, Sven B. F. Jansson, ''Upplands Runinskrifter''. Del. 2, H. 2, Uppsala, 1953. S. 186
Old Norse transcription
: ''Styrbiorn let ræisa stæi ætiʀ Sigstæin, faðurinn
Inns are generally establishments or buildings where travelers can seek lodging, and usually, food and drink. Inns are typically located in the country or along a highway. Before the advent of motorized transportation, they also provided accomm ...
broður Holmst ¦is.''
English translation
: Styrbjôrn had the stone raised in memory of Sigsteinn, his father, Holmsteinn's brother.U 411
The monument is standing 190 m west of the U 410 stone . Material is pink granite, height — 1.74 m, width — 0.93 m.
The text is carved on a serpent. Its body forms a loop following the contour of the stone. Inside the loop under the cross the serpent's head and tail many times interlaced with a snake of smaller size. All runes well preserved.
Transliteration into Latin characters
: × ilturi × lit × raisa × stin × eftiʀ × sukiʀ × faþur × sin × kuþ × hialbi • ant • ahns ×Elias Wessén, Sven B. F. Jansson, ''Upplands Runinskrifter''. Del. 2, H. 2, Uppsala, 1953. S. 187Old Norse transcription
: ''ilturi let ræisa stæin æftir Syggæiʀ(?), faður sinn. Guð hialpi and hans.''English translation
:Värend
Värend was in the Middle Ages the most populous of the constituent "small lands" of the province Småland, in Sweden. Early on, Växjö became its center. Around 1170, Värend broke out of the diocese of Linköping, and formed its own diocese o ...
and Njudung, dated by 1320, the place-name Illdorabech was presented, probably comprising the personal name Illdore.Elias Wessén, Sven B. F. Jansson, ''Upplands Runinskrifter''. Del. 2, H. 2, Uppsala, 1953. S. 188
See also
*History of Sweden
The history of Sweden can be traced back to the melting of the Northern polar ice cap. From as early as 12000 BC, humans have inhabited this area. Throughout the Stone Age, between 8000 BC and 6000 BC, early inhabitants used sto ...
*List of runestones
There are about 3,000 runestones in Scandinavia (out of a total of about 6,000 runic inscriptions). p. 38.
The runestones are unevenly distributed in Scandinavia:
The majority are found in Sweden, estimated at between 1,700 and 2,500 (depending ...
*Risbyle Runestones
The Risbyle Runestones are two runestones found near the western shore of Lake Vallentunasjön in Uppland, Sweden, dating from the Viking Age.
Description
The Risbyle Runestones, listed in the Rundata catalog as U 160 and U 161, were engraved in ...
References
{{Reflist Runestones in Uppland