Södermanland_runic_inscription_139

Södermanland runic inscription 139

Södermanland runic inscription 139

Viking Age runestone

Sö 139 is a Viking Age runestone in granite inscribed in Old Norse with the Younger Futhark runic alphabet. It is located 3.5 m east-north-east of Sö 140 along the road between Lid and Aspa in Ludgo parish, in Nyköping Municipality, in Södermanland.[1] Both stones are placed at the southern side of the road next to the brook at Korpbro.[2] It is 1.48 m tall and 1.36 m wide.[3] The style is tentatively categorized as Pr3.[1] It is unusual because it was raised in memory of a woman.

Sö 139
Sö 139 next to Sö 140

Inscription

stain

Stæinn

:

 

lit

let

×

 

raisa

ræisa

stain

stæin

×

 

þ...

þ[annsi

...

at](?)

×

 

esiþi

Æshæiði,

×

 

frinkunu

frændkunu

×

 

sina

sina.

×

 

kristr

Kristr

:

 

liti

letti

:

 

anta

anda

+

 

...(a)ʀ

[henn]aʀ(?),

:

 

kunuʀ

kunuʀ

koþraʀ

goðraʀ.

k-...-...--

...

·

 

[a](u)k

ok

:

 

fiþr

Fiðr

[·]

 

þiʀ

þæiʀ

+

 

ristu

ristu

×

 

ru

runaʀ.

stain : lit × raisa stain × þ... ... × esiþi × frinkunu × sina × kristr : liti : anta + ...(a)ʀ : kunuʀ koþraʀ k-...-...-- · [a](u)k : fiþr [·] þiʀ + ristu × ru

Stæinn {} let {} ræisa stæin {} þ[annsi at](?) {} Æshæiði, {} frændkunu {} sina. {} Kristr {} letti {} anda {} [henn]aʀ(?), {} kunuʀ goðraʀ. ... {} ok {} Fiðr {} þæiʀ {} ristu {} runaʀ.

"Steinn had this stone raised in memory of(?) Ásheiðr, his kinswoman. May Christ relieve her spirit, the good wife. ... and Finnr, they carved the runes." [1]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Scandinavian Runic-text Database - Rundata.
  2. [2]
    Wessén, Brate 1924-1936, p. 105.
  3. [3]
    Wessén, Brate 1924-1936, p. 106.

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