Runestone from Lund

Runestone of Lund I

The rune stone of Lund (DR 314, Swedish: Lundastenen 1 or Allhelgonastenen ) is a rune stone from the Viking Age (around 960/1050) in Lund in Sweden .

The 3.96 meter high stone was found in 1682 in the ruins of the Allerheiligen monastery (Allhelgonaklostret) on Helgonabacken , recovered in 1690 and erected in Lundagård Park in 1868 . In 1957 the rune stone was taken to the Lund University Library , where it is now in the entrance hall.

The stone is inscribed with runes on two narrow sides. Two animals are depicted on one wide side and a face ( masked stone ) between their heads . On a fourth page there is a lion head.

inscription

A þu (r) [kisl: sun: i] sgis: biarnaR: sunaR: risþi: sti [ną: þisi]: (u) (f) tiR: bruþr:

B siną: baþa: ulaf: uk: utar: lanmitr: kuþa:

A Þorgísl, sonr Ásgeirs Bjarnar sonar, travels steina þessa eptir brœðr

B sína báða, Ólaf ok Óttar, landmennr góða.

German

A Þorgísl, son of Ásgeirr Björn's son, erected these stones in memory of his two brothers

B Ólafr and Óttarr, good landowners