Runestone from Sövestad

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Runestone from Sövestad

The runestone from Sövestad (DR 291; Sövestadstenen 2 ) is a rune stone from Krageholm near Sövestad in the province of Skåne in Sweden from the Viking Age, around 960/1050. The granite stone is about 1.5 meters high and bears a runic inscription in a serpentine ribbon shape of the type Fp.

The runestone was found in a grave near Krageholm Castle in 1757. A picture stone ( Sövestadstenen 1 ) and possibly another rune stone had also been found on the grounds of the castle .

inscription

× tuna × sati × stain × þansi × afti R × bram × bunta: sin × auk × askutr × sun R × hans × han × ua R × bastr × bumana × auk × ¶ × miltastr × mata R

German

Tonna set this stone in memory of Bramr, her husband, and also her son Ásgautr (did this). He was the best statesman and the mildest giver of (food) gifts

literature

  • Lars Magnar Enoksen: Skånska runstenar , Lund 1999

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Old Norse inscription
    Tonna satti sten þænsi æfti R Bram, bonda sin, ok Asgotr, sun R hans. Han wa R bæztr bomanna ok mildastr mata R .
  2. ^ Project Samnordisk Runtextdatabas

Coordinates: 55 ° 29 ′ 33.1 "  N , 13 ° 45 ′ 57.2"  E